Linguistic Features
- Mazurzenie: the consonants corresponding to Standard Polish cz, sz, dż, ż are pronounced c, s, dz, z
- Asynchronous pronunciation of soft labials b', p', f', w' – bj/bź, pj/pś, fj/fś, wj/wź
- Sometimes, intensive palatalization of k, g, ch to ć, dź, ś (a similar process to the Kashubian palatalization)
- Labialization of the vowel o (sometimes also u) in Anlaut
- Vowel y approaching i
- Before ł vowels i and y pronounced like u, e.g. buł, zuł (był, żył)
- Denasalization of the nasal vowels ą and ę as o and e
- In some variaties ę becomes ã (nasal a nosowe), which is pronounced after denasalization an, analogical changes for groups eN, like. dzień - dzian
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