The Niemodlin dialect ( pl, gwary niemodlińskie, Silesian: ''niymodlińskie gwar, niymodliński dialekt'', pronunciation: ) is a

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n dialect, used in the parts of the city of

Niemodlin Niemodlin (; german: Falkenberg O.S., Falkenberg Oberschlesien; szl, Ńymodlin) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,315 inhabitants (2019). History The community was first mentioned as ''Nemodlin'' in a 1224 deed and r ...

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. It slightly differs from standard Silesian by having a characteristic pronunciation called ''

mazuration Mazurzenie () or mazuration is the replacement or merger of Polish's series of postalveolar fricatives and affricates (written ) into the dentialveolar series (written ). This merger is present in many dialects, but is named for the Masovian ...

'' (mazurzenie), which means that the consonants ''cz sz ż dż'' are pronounced as the alveolars ''c s z dz'' (

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: , , , and , respectively). In Niemodlin Silesian

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a nasalized vowel y () may also occur. It is closely related to the Prudnik dialect.

Example of the dialect

References

Polish dialects Silesian language City colloquials Opole County Culture of Opole Voivodeship {{Poland-stub