Lemko dialect

Map of the Lemko Region where Lemko dialect is spoken

The Lemko dialect (Ukrainian: Лемківський говір) or West Carpathian dialect (Ukrainian: Західнокарпатський говір) is a dialect spoken by Lemko people of the Carpathians in the border region of Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland. It is classified either as a dialect of the Rusyn language (by Carpatho-Rusyn sources and historiography), as part of the Southwestern dialects of the Ukrainian language (by Ukrainian sources and historiography), or as a separate language (by Lemko Rusyn autonomist sources and historiography).

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