Slobozhan dialect
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Slobozhan or Sloboda Ukrainian dialect (Ukrainian: Слобожанський говір), also known as Donets dialect (Ukrainian: Наддонецький говір)[1] is a dialect of Ukrainian language spoken in the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. It formed as a result of interaction between speakers of Middle Dnieprian, Eastern Polesian and Podolian dialects of Ukrainian, as well Southern Russian dialects, during the settlement of the area in the 16-17th centuries. Slobozhan dialect is classified among Southeastern Ukrainian dialects.[2]
Phonetics
Slobozhan dialect is characterized by a frequent presence of palatalized [t͡ʃ] (очьима, нечьиста). Like in other Southeastern dialects, і and у may be replaced with й and в respectively. Consonants before [i]<[o],[e],[ě] may be palatalized or non-palatalized. Word-final phonemes [t͡s], [t], [r] are palatalized, but labial consonants [p], [b], [v], [m], [f] never undergo palatalization in final position. There is no distinction between unstressed vowels [e] and [ɪ], sometimes also between [o] and [u].[1]
Morphology
Infinitive verbs frequently end with -ть. Both simple and complex future forms exist (буду ходити, ходитиму). 3rd person singular verbs may take the form (він) хóде, рóбе; 1st person singular verbs - ходьу, мусьу; shortened forms of 3rd person verbs (він) пита, потопа.[1]
Grammar
Along with Poltava subdialect, Slobozhan is known to use dual number.[1]