Lesser Poland dialect group

The Lesser Polish dialect group (Polish: dialekt małopolski) is a dialect group of the Polish language used in Lesser Poland. The exact area is difficult to delineate due to the expansion of its features and the existence of transitional subdialects. The common traits of the Lesser Polish dialect include: mazurzenie regressive voicing of obstruents, including across word boundaries; e.g.: kot leci [kɔd ˈlɛt͡ɕi] (standard Polish: [kɔt ˈlɛt͡ɕi]) differentiated nasalisation (or lack thereof) of /ɔ̃/ and /ɛ̃/ in different parts of the area merger of stop+fricative consonant clusters into affricates; e.g.: trzysta [ˈt͡ʂɨsta] (standard Polish: [ˈtʂɨsta] or [ˈt͡ʂʂɨsta]) frequent usage of initial syllable stress, also oxytonic stress in vocative case (as opposed to paroxytonic stress common in other varieties of Polish) frequent usage of grammatical particle "że" in imperative mood ("weźże" vs. "weź" – take)