Masovian dialect

• Depalatalization of velars before and palatalization of velars before ; e.g. standard Polish rękę, nogę is rendered, respectively instead of, ;
• sequences realized instead of ;
• merger of the retroflex series sz, ż, cz, dź into the alveolar s, z, c, dz;
• > before certain consonants;
• the Old Polish dual number marker -wa continues to be attached to verbs;
• the open-mid vowels are realized as close-mid ;
• Standard Polish and merged with and respectively, in most situations;
• certain instances of a > e;
• >

Subdialects