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| | Language - The Rusyns - Rusyn.org |
 | | Among the linguistic features of Carpatho-Rusyn dialects which indicate their East Slavic connection is the pleophony or polnoglasie, which is apparent in a shift from the Proto-Slavic groups *tort, *tolt, *tert, *telt, to torot, tolot, teret, telet; for example, in words such as korova, holova, bereh, čelenkŷ. |
 | | Population resettlement, which has resulted in the formation of linguistic islands or in dispersion has contributed to preservation of the basic features of the Rusyn language as it is spoken in its original homeland. |
 | | Linguistic and extralinguistic factors reflect the specific location of Carpatho-Rusyn dialects, anchored as they are between two vast Slavic language groups—East and West—both of which have strongly influenced all spheres of Rusyn life. |
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