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The Lake dialect, called '''ežerina''' by its native speakers, is the last fragment of Old Southern dialects survived. It was spoken in [[w:Iława County|Iława County]] (''īlavina žemia'', '' | The Lake dialect, called '''ežerina''' by its native speakers, is the last fragment of Old Southern dialects survived. It was spoken in [[w:Iława County|Iława County]] (''īlavina žemia'', ''īlava'' in Ežerina). Nowadays its native speakers can still be found only in two small villages: Skuteluokē ([[w:Skitławki|Skitławki]] in Polish) and Geisiava ([[w:Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Wielowieś]], where only two speakers remain). The dialect is quite distinct from the Pomorian standard and is not mutually intelligible with it. Ežerina share more similarities with Suvilkian, from which it probably evolved. It was also heavily influenced by Polish and German and many loanwords entered the dialect from them. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Historically speaking, Ežerina is a part of now extinct '''Old Southern''' dialects. These dialects quickly developed underthe Polish influence and became distinct already in the early XVth century. This group developed from the '''Eastern''' branch of Pomorian but was in a constant contact with the Pumurėnė and Slavic people, once living in that territory. | Historically speaking, Ežerina is a part of now extinct '''Old Southern''' dialects. These dialects quickly developed underthe Polish influence and became distinct already in the early XVth century. This group developed from the '''Eastern''' branch of Pomorian but was in a constant contact with the Pumurėnė and Slavic people, once living in that territory. | ||