Goral | |
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Highlander Polish, Highland Polish | |
górolsko gwara góralsko gwara | |
Pronunciation | Slavic pronunciation: [ˈɡorɔlskɔˈɡvara] |
Native to | Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Silesian Voivodeship) Slovakia (Žilina Region, Prešov Region), Hungary, Ukraine, Romania |
Region | Goral Lands |
Ethnicity | Gorals |
Native speakers | 50,307 in Slovakia (2023 study) [1] |
Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Goral, less frequently called Highlander or Highland Polish, is an ethnolect of the Lechitic group, more specifically of the Lesser Poland dialect group spoken by the Gorals. Its vocabulary was significantly influenced by many languages like Slovak, [2] Rusyn, Hungarian, Romanian and German, being common vocabulary of the Carpathian region. [3] Some consider Goral to be a microlanguage, [4] alongside Silesian and to a lesser extent Masurian. [5]
The term Goral was first used in reference to the ethnolect by Pavol Jozef Šafárik in his book Slowanské starožitnosti, [6] [7] and the term derives from the Slavic word for mountain (góra, hora) and the noun-forming suffix denoting people -al. [8]
Due to their isolation, Goral dialects have many influences from Slovak, diverging significantly from the Polish literary standard and other dialects. The resulting system is also quite resilient to effects from Standard Polish, showing a more stable, unique system when compared to other Polish dialects. [9] It is often equated to the Podhale dialect; however, this is only one of the many Goral dialects. [10]
Goral orthography is fairly unstandardized and may vary significantly dialect-to-dialect, most notably in the writing of the slanted vowels.
Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A | Á | B | C | Ć | D | E | É | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | Ł | M | N | Ń | O | Ó | P | R | S | Ś | T | U | W | Y | Ý | Z | Ź | Ż | ||
Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
a | á | b | c | ć | d | e | é | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | ł | m | n | ń | o | ó | p | r | s | ś | t | u | w | y | ý | z | ź | ż | ||
Phonetic realizations in IPA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
a | ɒ | b | t͡s | t͡ɕ | d | ɛ | e | f | g | x~ɦ | i | j | k | l | w | m | n | ɲ | ɔ | o | p | r | s | ɕ | t | u | v | ɨ | i [a] | z | ʑ | ʐ |
Majuscule forms (also called uppercase or capital letters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AU | CH | CZ | DZ | DŹ | DŻ | EU | RZ | SZ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minuscule forms (also called lowercase or small letters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
au | ch | cz | dz | dź | dż | eu | rz | sz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phonetic realizations in IPA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
au | x | t͡ʂ | d͡z | d͡ʑ | d͡ʐ | eu | r̝~ʐ~ʂ | ʂ |
There is a tendency to reduce the number of phonemes in the phonological system of Goral, usually by raised the historic slanted vowels, by merging certain consonants, and by simplifying many consonant clusters. [13]
A few vowel systems may occur throughout Goral, with one being the most dominant. [14]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ [a] | u |
Close-mid | ( e ) [b] | o [c] | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a | ( ɒ ) [d] |
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | (Alveolo-) palatal | Velar | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ʂ [a] | t͡ɕ [b] | ||
voiced | d͡z | d͡ʐ [a] | d͡ʑ [b] | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʂ [a] | ɕ [b] | x |
voiced | v | z | ʐ [a] | ʑ [b] | ||
Trill | r | r̝ [c] | ||||
Approximant | ( w ) | l | j | w |
There is a strong tendency to level the multiple inherited declension patterns in Goral. [16]
The first person present/future singular of verbs is most commonly formed across the whole region with -m as a result of Slovak influence: bedem/bedym, idem/idym (Standard Polish będę, idę). [16] These forms can also be reinforced via levelling of paradigms such as móc > mozym, however, this is not a uniform process, and forms such as mogymy without the g||z alternation are also present. Forms such as bede in some regions, but often -m is preferred by the younger generation. [16] Most dialects form the first person present/future plural of verbs with -me, also the result of Slovak influence. [17]
Many dialects, namely Kysuce, Spisz, and parts of Orawa, level both mobile-e declensions as well as ablaut: zymb > zymba (Standard Polish ząb > zęba); lyn > lynu (Standard Polish len > lnu). [18]
The comparative is generally formed with -sy instead of -ejszy. [18]
The complex gender system of Polish distinguishing masculine personal, masculine animal, and masculine inanimate nouns is also levelled, whereby the plurals of masculine personal nouns are replaced with the plurals of masculine animal nouns, but the masculine virile plural forms of past tense verbs replace non-virile forms: hlopi robili, baby robili. Similarly, the feminine form of dwie is replaced with dwa: dwa baby. [19] A similar process of levelling occurs in eastern Slovak dialects, as well as most Polish dialects. [20] [21]
In southern Spiš, many feminine nouns ending in -w are extended with mobile e: kerwi (Standard Polish krwi). [20]
Goral has a rich literary tradition reaching back to the 19th century with notable authors such as Władysław Orkan, Andrzej Stopka Nazimek or Kazimierz Przerwa Tetmajer. [22] Other sites exist, such as hawok.pl, a news site written in Goral and about Goral affairs.
The history of Goral stretches back to the XIII century. The area was initially fully part of Vistulia and later Poland in the Middle Ages but was at the time very sparsely populated, with the possible exceptions of the Dunajec and Poprad valleys where the locals spoke a Lechitic dialect related to the Muszyna dialect and similar to Eastern Slovak explaining the many similarities in lexicon and partially phonology. [23] This promoted settlement from the 13th to 17th century by Lesser Polish peasants, Germans and notably for the region migrating Vlachs (Rusyns and Slovaks) motivated by the lack of serfdom (similarly to Ukraine). The mix of these languages and a unique history compared to the rest of Poland gave rise to Goral. [24] [25] [26]
Northern Slovak dialects have deeply influenced Goral dialects, but the direction of influence is one-way, as Goral has not affected Slovak dialects. [27] This effect has become stronger in recent years, with many Goral dialects borrowing even more from Slovak. [28] Soft labials and soft velars depalatalize in some villages due to Slovak influence: ciebe, slodke (ciebie, slodkie). [29]
Many features indicate a Lechitic origin for Goral:
Goral [a] [47] | Polish | Slovak | English |
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Ôjce nas, côś jes w niebié; | Ojcze nasz, któryś jest w niebie, | Otče náš, ktorý si na nebesiach, | Our Father who art in heaven, |
Dialects of Goral include:
The dialects spoken by Silesian Gorals are considered closer Silesian but are referred to as Goral by Silesian Gorals in Poland, due to them feeling more Goral than Silesian. [48] Silesian Gorals in Zaolzie usually consider themselves more Silesian and are more likely to call it Silesian. [49] [50] The Łącko and northern Piwniczna dialects have been under very heavy Lach influence, with some even claiming that there are only a few traits of Goral left in the dialects. [51]
The Lechiticlanguages are a language subgroup consisting of Polish and several other languages and dialects that were once spoken in the area that is now Poland and eastern Germany. It is one of the branches of the larger West Slavic subgroup; the other branches of this subgroup are the Czech–Slovak languages and the Sorbian languages.
Polish dialects are regional vernacular varieties of the Polish language, and often show developments starting from an earlier stage of the language, often Old Polish or Middle Polish, namely the development of the so-called "pitched" or "slanted" vowels.
The Lesser Polish dialect group is a of 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 Podhale dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect. It borders the Orawa dialect to the west, the Kliszczacy dialect to the north, and the Spisz dialect and Zagórze dialect to the east.
Warmian subdialect is a subdialect of Polish language, present in the historical region of Warmia, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. It is spoken by Warmians. It is commonly regarded as a part of Masovian dialect, and sometimes alternatively as a part of Chełmno Kociewie Warmian dialect. It borders the Ostróda dialect to the west, the Masurian dialects to the south, and the new mixed dialects to the east and north.
The Tuchola Forest dialect belongs to the Greater Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It borders the Krajna dialect to the south, the Chełmno-Dobrzyń dialect to the southeast, the Kociewie dialect to the east, and the Kashubian language to the north.
The Łęczyca dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It borders the Sieradz dialect to the southeast, the Kielce dialect to the southwest, the Masovian Borderland dialect to the east, the Eastern Greater Polish dialect to the northeast, and the Kujawy dialect to the far northeast. Łęczyca, along with Sieradz, occupy central Poland, which greatly affects them. The classification of the Łęczyca and Sieradz subdialects is often debated; some have classified them as Lesser Polish, whereas others as belonging to Greater Polish. Łęczyca and Sieradz have even been considered as one group due to the large number of similarities by Eugeniusz Pawłowski and others. This unclear categorization is the result of the land being placed under control of various administrative territories throughout history, resulting in a transitional dialect between Greater Polish, Lesser Polish, and Masovian. Furthermore, many dialectal traits of the region are fading, and Standard Polish is becoming more prevalent.
The Kielce dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It borders the Masovian Borderland dialect to the north, the Western Lublin dialect to the northeast, the Lasovia dialect to the southeast, the Eastern Krakow dialect to the south, the Krakow dialect to the southwest, the Sieradz dialect to the west, and the Łęczyca dialect to the northwest.
The Podegrodzie dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It borders the Krakow dialect to the northwest, the Eastern Krakow dialect to the northeast, the Biecz dialect to the east, the Piwniczna dialect to the southeast, and the Łącko dialect to the southwest. The region is generally split into east and west, and is characterized by having one reflex of the nasal vowels in three regions. Some residents here often do not consider themselves Gorals, but Lachs, particularly in the Podegrodzie region. Others consider themselves Gorals. Historically, Lemkos were also found here. Sądecka is considered a transitional dialect between Goral dialects and sub-Krakovian (Krakowskie) dialects, and features from this region have spread to many nearby regions, namely the feature that ę and ą have merged into nasal ǫ, which is then denasalized.
The Żywiec dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect. It borders the Sącz dialect to the northeast, the Orawa dialect to the east, and Silesian to the northwest. In the past this region was often considered a subregion of neighboring areas, having been much affected by them, as well as by foreign languages, namely Czech, Slovak, German, Carpathian Rusyn, and Hungarian. Żywiecczyzna is a strongly varied dialect and is able to be divided into three regions: a south-east region, a south-west region, and a northern region.
The Orawa dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in part of Poland and Slovakia. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect. It borders the Żywiec dialect to the far northwest, the Babia Góra dialect to the north, and the Podhale dialect to the east. The Orawa dialect is partially Poland with 14 settlements, and partially in Slovakia with 11. The use of dialect here is strong, and the effects of Standard Polish are weaker than in other regions.
The Spisz dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect. It borders the Podhale dialect to the northwest.
The Ostróda dialect belongs to the Masovian dialect group, but is sometimes considered part of the new mixed dialects, and is located in the part of Poland. It borders the Lubawa dialect to the west, the Masurian dialects to the south, the Warmia dialect to the east, and the new mixed dialects to the north.
The Zagórze dialect also known as the Gorce dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect. It borders the Podhale dialect to the south, the Kliszczacy dialect to the west, the Kraków dialect to the north and the Goral and Lachy Sącz dialects to the east.
The Chwalim dialect was a Lechitic dialect spoken up to first half of 20th century in Chwalim in present-day western Poland. Historically, the village belongs to Lower Silesia. Although the dialect features are typical for Silesian, the speakers believed that they were descendants of Sorbs. The dialect is classified as a Silesian dialect, and more specifically, the Lower Silesian dialect group, but displays some Greater Polish influence.
The Babia Góra dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the southern part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect.
The Kliszczak dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the southern part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect.
The Pieniny dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect.
The Łącko dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the southern part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect.
The Piwniczna dialect belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the southern part of Poland. It is in part one of the dialects that belongs to the Goral ethnolect.
góral od XVIII w. 'mieszkaniec gór', dial. też gorał (gorol) 'ts.'. Por. cz. horal 'ts.', sic. hora/ 'ts.'. Od góry mn (zob. góra), z przyr. -al (co do budowy por. np. brzydal). Do języka liter, przejęte z gwar płd. (może z gwary podhalańskiej), gdzie prawdopodobnie jest zapożyczeniem ze słowackiego bądź z czeskiego. — Od tego góralka; góralski -> góralszczyzna.