Ł–l merger ( pl, bylaczenie) is a
phonological change
In historical linguistics, phonological change is any sound change that alters the distribution of phonemes in a language. In other words, a language develops a new system of oppositions among its phonemes. Old contrasts may disappear, new ones ...
in northeastern dialects of the
Kashubian language, a merger of
Ł into
L.
The Polish-language term
is derived from the pronunciation of the words "béł", "bëła" (Polish: "był", "była", English: "was") as "bél", "bëla".
The corresponding group of dialects is called '.
The merger is attributed to the historical language contact with
Low German being more intensive than with Polish compared to other Kashubian dialects.
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See also
* L-vocalization#Polish ( wałczenie)
References
Phonology
Kashubian language
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