Kociewie dialect | |
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![]() Information board in Godziszewo displaying words in the Kociewie dialect including zvȯnek (bell), klastry (hair), and kitel (skirt) | |
Native to | Poland |
Region | Kociewie |
Ethnicity | Kocievians |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
IETF | pl-kociewie |
The Kociewie dialect (Polish: gwara Kociewska) belongs to the Greater Poland dialect group and is located in the northern part of Poland. It borders the Bory Tucholskie dialect to the northwest, the Chełmno-Dobrzyń dialect to the south, the Kashubian language to the north, and the Masovian Lubawa dialect to the northeast.[1] Due to its position, the Kociewie dialect sometimes shares more features with Masovian dialects than with Greater Polish dialects, and is usually considered a transitional dialect, and some Kashubian influence can also be seen.[2]