Boyko dialect

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The Boyko dialect is a variety of the Ukrainian language traditionally spoken by the Boyko highlander ethnic group in the Carpathian Mountains.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Boyko dialect canonical 1
Boyko dialect of Ukrainian 1
Boyko vernacular 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ukrainian dialect
dialect
country Ukraine
culturalAssociation Boyko folk songs
Boyko oral tradition
Boyko traditional folklore
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Boyko vernacular
linked to: Boyko dialect
hasEthnicGroup Boyko highlanders
linked to: Bojky
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Hungarian
loanwords from Polish
loanwords from Slovak
numerous regionalisms not used in Standard Ukrainian
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct local forms of verb conjugation
regional variants of case endings
hasPhonologicalFeature akanye-like vowel reduction in some positions
preservation of some archaic vowel contrasts
specific reflexes of Common Slavic *ě
influencedBy neighboring Polish dialects
neighboring Rusyn varieties
neighboring Slovak dialects
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Ukrainian
linked to: Ukrainian language
isRelatedTo Hutsul dialect
Lemko dialect
languageBranch Slavic languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup East Slavic languages
partOf Ukrainian language
region Eastern Carpathians
spokenBy Boykos
spokenIn Carpathian Mountains
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Lviv Oblast
linked to: Lviv region

Western Ukraine
Zakarpattia Oblast
status regional dialect
subclassOf Southwestern Ukrainian dialects
usedIn ethnographic recordings
folk literature
local everyday communication
writingSystem Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boykos language Boyko dialect
Boyko region languageVariety Boyko dialect of Ukrainian
linked to: Boyko dialect
Boyko dialect hasAlternativeName Boyko vernacular
linked to: Boyko dialect