Editing Lesser Poland (section)

== Lesser Polish dialect of Polish ==
{{Further|Lesser Polish dialect}}
[[File:Polska-dialekty wg Urbańczyka.PNG|thumb|300px|A map of Polish dialects. The area where Lesser Poland's dialect is spoken is marked in orange.]]

Lesser Polish dialect is spoken in southeastern corner of Poland, both in lands which belong to historical Lesser Poland, and in areas which are not part of the province (around [[Sieradz]] and [[Łęczyca]]). On the other hand, as seen on the map, the Lesser Polish dialect is not spoken in the extreme northeast of Lesser Poland, in [[Siedlce]] and vicinity, where people rather speak Masovian dialect. Descending from the language of the Vistulans, it is the most numerous dialectal group in modern Poland. According to [[Wincenty Pol]], it is divided into three subdivisions: Sandomierz dialect, Lublin dialect, and Sanok dialect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terazmalopolska.pl/dialekt-malopolski|title=Dialekt małopolski|publisher=Teraz Małopolska|date=30 March 2010|access-date=19 April 2011|language=pl|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212093439/http://www.terazmalopolska.pl/dialekt-malopolski|archive-date=12 December 2011}}</ref>

In the [[Middle Ages]] and [[Renaissance]], Lesser Polish dialect, together with Greater Polish dialect, contributed to creation of standard Polish, it also greatly influenced [[Silesian language|Silesian]] (see [[Dialects of Polish]]), as well as dialects of Polish used in southern part of [[Kresy Wschodnie]]. Later on, however, its importance diminished and was replaced by [[Masovian dialect]], which became the leading dialect of Polish. After [[Partitions of Poland]], when Lesser Poland was divided between Austria and Russia, northern areas of the province took over many features of the Masovian dialect, while Lesser Polish dialect in Austrian province of Galicia was heavily influenced by German.

According to Multimedia Guide to Polish Dialects, a webpage maintained by [[University of Warsaw]], Lesser Polish dialect is divided into the following subdialects:
* Mazowsze Borderland (Pogranicze Mazowsza – around Radom and Dęblin),
* Łęczyca (around [[Łódź]], [[Kutno]], [[Tomaszów Mazowiecki]] – this part of the country is not historical Lesser Poland),
* Kielce (around Kielce),
* Lasowiacy (north of Rzeszów),
* East Kraków,
* West Lublin,
* East Lublin (this area historically belongs to [[Chełm Land]]),
* Przemyśl (historical part of Red Ruthenia/Cherven Cities),
* Biecz,
* Nowy Sącz,
* Podhale,
* Spisz,
* Orawa,
* Żywiec,
* Sieradz,
* Sanok region, or Red-Ruthenian<ref>Kształcenie językowe. Uniwersytet Wrocławski. t.1–4, s. 67; "na północ od Łemkowszczyzny, na południowo-zachodnim skraju gwar nadsańskich" [w:] Slavia Orientalis. t.14, 1965. s. 247; "W dialekcie sanockim spotyka się wymowę z "n" podwójnym, a więc "Góry Słonne", jak w innych przymiotnikach, wymawianych tutaj: "szklanny", a nawet "drzewianny". [w:] Towarzystwo Literackie imienia Adama Mickiewicza, Instytut Badań Literackich PAN. Pamiętnik literacki, t. 95., nr 1-2, 2004. s. 106</ref>
* Kraków, together with Zagłebie Dąbrowskie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gwarypolskie.uw.edu.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=8&Itemid=18|title=Dialekt małopolski|publisher=Gwary Polskie|access-date=19 April 2011|language=pl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414233527/http://www.gwarypolskie.uw.edu.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=8&Itemid=18|archive-date=14 April 2011}}</ref>