Transcarpathian dialect

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Map of Ukrainian dialects, number 14 is the Transcarpathian

The Transcarpathian dialect is a dialect of the Ukrainian language spoken in Transcarpathia. It is often alternatively classified as a part of the Rusyn language. [1]

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Borders

It is widespread in the valley of South Carpathians and the right bank of the Tisza river. It is used in some villages of Slovakia and Romania. It is bordered by the Boyko dialect to the north, the Hutsul dialect to the east, and the Lemko dialect, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian languages to the west and Romanian language to the south. [2]

History

The main features of the Transcarpathian dialect were formed by the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Written monuments, which reflected the features of the Transcarpathian dialect, were found from the beginning of the 15th century. The dialect was used by some writers, such as V. Dovhovych (1783-1849) and Nikolai Nagy (1819-1862).[ disputed discuss ] During the 19th century the usage of the dialect decreased because of neighboring languages more widely used. The dialect was studied by linguists Ioann Fogorashi-Berezhanin, I. Verkhratskyi, Pavlo Chuchka and others. [3] [4]

Subdialects

The Transcarpathian has 4 subdialects: [4]

Main features

Phonetic features

Morphological features

Syntax

Lexicon

The table below list a small portion of lexical differences (since there are more than 6,000) between the Transcarpathian dialect and Standard Ukrainian. Some of the words were taken from Hungarian or Slovak. Examples of this are railway station, piece and thousand, which derive from Hungarian words állomás,darab and ezer. [6]

Some differences between the dialect and Standard Ukrainian
Transcarpathian dialectStandard UkrainianEnglish
Адістерувати (Adisteruvaty)Критикувати (Krytykuvaty)Criticize
Бавитися (Bavytysya)Гратися (Hratysya)Play
Бай (Bay)Погано (Pohano)Bad
Вать (Vat)Або (Abo)Or
Каждоденно (Kazhdodenno)Щоденно (Shchodenno)Daily
Loanwords from Hungarian language
Transcarpathian dialectStandard UkrainianHungarianEnglish
Аломаш (Alomash)Залізничний вокзал (Zaliznychnyy vokzal)ÁllomásRailway station
Дараб (Darab)Шматок (Shmatok)DarabPiece
Езерь (Ezer)Тисяча (Tysyacha)EzerThousand
Жеб (Zheb)Кишеня (Kyshenya)ZsebPocket
Варош (Varosh)Місто (Misto)VárosCity

See also

References

  1. Danylenko, Andrii (2020). "Carpatho-Rusyn". Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online.
  2. Закарпатський говір — Енциклопедія Сучасної України. Vol. 10. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. 12 December 2010. ISBN   978-966-02-2074-4 . Retrieved 2023-03-05.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. В. В., Німчук (2000). Енциклопедія української мови (Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian language). Kyiv.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 1 2 "Transcarpathian dialect | Old Truth". starapravda.com.ua. 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  5. 1 2 3 Ukraïnsʹka mova : encyclopedia. Rusanivsʹkyĭ, Vitaliĭ Makarovych., Instytut movoznavstva im. O.O. Potebni., Instytut ukraïnsʹkoï movy (Nat︠s︡ionalʹna akademii︠a︡ nauk Ukraïny). Kyïv: Vyd-vo "Ukraïnsʹka encyclopedia" imeni M.P. Bazhana. 2000. ISBN   966-7492-07-9. OCLC   46983605.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Cловник закарпатських слів". 2014-01-18. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2023-03-05.