Teksty Polaków pisane grażdanką w syberyjskiej wsi Wierszyna
Polish texts in cyrillic alphabet used by the speakers of the polish dialect in the village of Vershina

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes Polish texts in Cyrillic alphabet used by the speakers of the Polish dialect in the village of Vershina, Bokhan Region near Irkutsk. The dialect was brought to Siberia by the Polish who moved there from the Dombrovsky coal basen in the aftermath of Pyotr Stolypin’s reforms. The dialect has retained the characteristic features of the southwestern variety of Polish until the present day. There two types of Cyrillic Polish texts in the Vershina dialect: handwritten songs performed by the local choir and religious texts in print. Some language peculiarities of the dialect can be found in the songs. The present paper provides a comparison of the differences in how the Polish speech sounds are rendered in song lyrics and in prayers. For example, in texts of prayers there are a variety of ways of writing the affricate [], and some inconsistencies in the use of some of Cyrillic characters

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