Dzūkian dialect

Dzūkian dialect, known in academic works as Southern Aukštaitian dialect, is one of the three main sub-dialects of the Aukštaitian dialect of Lithuanian language. Dzūkian dialect is spoken in Dzūkija, southern Lithuania. Its most distinctive feature is replacing "t", "d" before "i", "į", "y", "ie" and "č", "dž" with "c" and "dz" ("cik" instead of "tik" – just, "dzidumas" instead of "didumas" – size, "pync" instead of "pinti" – to braid, "sveciai" instead of "svečiai" – guests). Since the region borders Slavic lands, the dialect has many Slavic loanwords and barbarisms.

References

* cite book| title=Tradicijos. Iliustruota Lietuvos enciklopedija |year=2005 |editor=Janina Jašinskienė |location=Kaunas |publisher=Šviesa |pages=56 |isbn=5-430-04158-0