Kociewie dialect
| Kociewie dialect | |
|---|---|
Information board in Godziszewo displaying words in the Kociewie dialect including zvȯnek (bell), klastry (hair), and kitel (skirt) | |
| Native to | Poland |
| Region | Kociewie |
| Ethnicity | Kocievians |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | pl-kociewie |
The Kociewie dialect (Polish: gwara Kociewska) belongs to the Greater Poland dialect group and is located in the northern part of Poland. It borders the Bory Tucholskie dialect to the northwest, the Chełmno-Dobrzyń dialect to the south, the Kashubian language to the north, and the Masovian Lubawa dialect to the northeast. Due to its position, the Kociewie dialect sometimes shares more features with Masovian dialects than with Greater Polish dialects, and is usually considered a transitional dialect, and some Kashubian influence can also be seen.