Dzūkian dialect, known in academic works as Southern Aukštaitian dialect, is one of the three main sub-dialects of the Aukštaitian dialect of Lithuanian language. Aukštaitian dialect ( Lithuanian: Aukštaičių tarmė) is one of the Dialects of the Lithuanian language, spoken in ethnographic regions Lithuanian ( lietuvių kalba) is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. Dzūkian dialect is spoken in Dzūkija, southern Lithuania. Dzūkija (dzuːkɪˈjʌ or Dainava is one of five Ethnographic Regions of Lithuania. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the Its most distinctive feature is replacing t, d before i, į, y, ie and č, dž with c and dz (cik instead of tik – just, dzidumas instead of didumas – size, pync instead of pinti – to braid, sveciai instead of svečiai – guests). Since the region borders Slavic lands, the dialect has many Slavic loanwords and barbarisms. A loanword (or loan word) is a word directly taken into one Language from another with little or no translation Barbarism refers to a non-standard Word, Expression or Pronunciation in a Language.
References
- (Lithuanian) (2005) in Janina Jašinskienė: Tradicijos. Iliustruota Lietuvos enciklopedija. Kaunas: Šviesa, 56. ISBN 5-430-04158-0.
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