IN LITHUANIAN
KALBOTYROS
QUESTIONS
XXVII
(1988)
IN LITHUANIAN
LANGUAGE
IR
BILINGUALISM
ELENA
GRINAVEC-
KIENE,
JUZEFA MACKEVIC
KAI
KURIOS
BELARUS
LITUANIZM
PHONETICS
PROPERTY
A
a ious imes
(in he pas
i
now)
bela usiy
Snek ose
(mainly
Nau aka i-
nése) dél
kalbiniy,
kul i iniy,
ekonominiy
e c.
i
kon ak y
su
lie u iy
language
i
jos
In some
o
places, dél
i
lie u iy
Snek y
susla éjimo
has a ised
nemazZa
lie u isky
bo iniy.
Ob ious
i8
ju
lexical
li uanisms.
Li huanian
deb s in
Bela usian
Snek os a e
used, as
p ope y
elemen s o
jy
means o
i
communica i-
on, li ing in
he usage
0
Salia
bal a usisky
Wo ds as
equi alen s
a e
na u ally
subjec o
he sys em
o
Bela usian
language,
esembling
su
Bela usian
wo ds
o en so
much ha
some imes
i is no
easy o
ecognize
hem as
Li huaniani-
sms.
In his case, he
ne
phone ics o all
Li huanians is
iden ical o
Bela usian.
Uncommon
The e is a
conside ab-
le a ia ion
he e, wi h
phone ic
bo owing
su
a ian s.
All his
usually
depends
la gely on
he ime
o
bo owing
o
Li huania-
nism,
om
The phone ic
i
sys em o
he syn ax,
in o which
he loanwo d
alls,
depends on
he in ensi y
o he
loanwo d’s
use in i , as
well as on he
Li huanian
o m o he
i
loanwo d
i sel , e c.
i
A ce ain
pa o
li uanizmy is
no ye
de ached
om he
na i e
language, as
i i is
au oma ical-
o
ly adop ed by
Bela usiy
simply
ans e ed.
a
Jy
i
phone i-
cs kep in
Li huani-
an.
"Li huani-
an
language:
alphabe i-
cal lis ".
(<
a iodes)
[Black. ;
Mal. ;
Milk. ],
6aaezéxi
(<
lie.
balzienos)
[G auz. ;
Mal. ],
2xme lie.
(<
gdk os)
[l,
T.
1,
c.
406;
Mal. ], 34pne
‘“The jaws;
bu na’ lie.
(<
Zidunos)
(1,
T.
2,
c.
337],
Kayamni
(<
lies.
clamped)
[1,
T.
2,
¢.
479-480;
G eek. ],
xynenéyo
“commun-
(<
i ies” lie.
100 mg/ day)
[S.S.],
xyyinéyya
(<
lie.
in es ine.
cucunecis
~ku iné is)
[I, T.2,
¢.
592;
Dain. ],
xpycua
‘akmeny
k i a’ lie.
(<
g ey)
[1,
T.
2,
c.
537-538],
Kapa ox
‘who
beha es as a
pig, is ude’
lie.
(<
pigle ,
‘unweigh-
ed child’,
pig
‘nemandagus,
kiauliskas
Zmogus’)
[Kud.],
‘ajo
‘k i a
Zaga y,
neS a iy
d abuziy’
(<
lie.
Jduzas)
[1,
T.
2,
c.
631],
pacaxiaa
(<
lie.
asakilé)
(1,
T.
4,
274;
D unk. ;
Mal. ],
squa e b acke s
‘ka pédélés’
(<
lie.
sausi kai
‘ .p.’)
[S.S.],
cajcéna
‘g i os
bul és
su
s ogiinais’
(<
lies.
sausiéné
‘Suppo ed’)
[1,
T.
4,
c.
374]
i
k
This ype
o
li uanisms,
as
i8
indica ed
by Sal iniy,
occu
mainly in
he same
Bela usian-
-Li huanian
i
bo de o
Snek y,
whe e
in ensi e
y
Snek y
con ac s
a e s ill
i
going on any
days whe e
hose
Snek os is
cons an ly
mixed wi h
i
Li huanian
Sla ic.
They a e
clea ly
he e y
la es
p oduc s
o his
kind o
con ac .
NemazZa
jy
pa e en
s anda e-
ika o en
o
shows
lie u iy
Snek , which
i$
hey Bela usiy
bo owed, e.g.,
Bela usiy
Snek y
explosi e
1
2
(usually
ound in
bo owed
wo ds) dél
nyomus u és
kal és
g a i8kai nem
különböz e -
he ő meg a
pezsgő ől
jy
2.
1123
més i s
phone ic
and
cons uc i-
e
ans o ma ions
—
4da21»,
o a,
Aocddae
(<
sou he n
me a hesis
i§
4doca. »),
Aocdocdab,
A cdoellb,
Aocdnc y,
Ancdncap,
A xcdnceip
i
e c.
{1,
7.
5,
c.
174,
333,
550—551].
I 's
p obably
en iched
ZodZi.
Lie u is-
kas
ju
Sou ce by
phone ics
seman ics
i
galé y bi i
os pa ios
eikSmés
leksema
juodzolé
‘ okia
pelkiy
ais aZolé’,
plg.
da
juodsakné
‘miSkiné
sidab aZolé’.
This
phone ic
in
Li huania-
nism
occu s
i
somewhe e else b .
Snek y
places, as
well as
pe sons in
names,
e.g.,
Aéaaixuma
‘p d’.
[19,
c.
15],
bu plg.
Adoaixuue
‘B eslau-
jos aj.
illage, in
local
Li huanian
called
a-buol’i:kséai
~
Obuolpkséiai’
[S,
p.
174];
Aéaaiuxi
‘Va ana o
aj.
kaimas’
[9,
c.
12],
plg.
No.
Aéaaixwue ;
A6aae
‘p d.’
(19,
c.
15],
bu plg.
lie.
obuol s;
Edaeaai
‘B eslaujos
aj.
kaimas’
[9,
c.
91]
<
Adazaai
(pa
"The Beginning
o he
a
Beginning"
j
(PDF).
lie.
JuodzZgalys
‘Any-
&iy aj.
kaimas’;
Edaxaani
‘As a o
aj.
kaimas’
[9,
¢.
54]<
Adaxaani,
plg.
lie.
J odaclone
‘T aky
aj.
kaimas’,
Edaxaans
“ASmens
pa adise.
kaimas’
[9,
c.
42)<
Adakaane ,
plg.
Edaxan;
Edsi
“Smu gainiy
pa adise.
kaimas’
[9,
c.
91]<03i,
plg.
lie.
Juiodziai
‘AnykSSiy,
Jona os
i
k .
aj.
kaimai’
i
k .
Likewise,
a
diph ho-
ng is
uo
i8 i es
o one
j
a
i
o he b .
j
Sniegbal-
s o
La ianism.
Hold on,
M .
eapyc
‘black
spa ow’,
as
e ymologi-
s s may
ha e
hough ,
may ha e
i$
o igina ed om la.
hole
‘ga nys,
guZu is’
(20,
T.
3,
c.
66].
Désnis,
acco di-
ng o
which
uo
bal izmy b .
Snek ose
becomes
i
a,
co espon-
ds o
bal y-sla u
bend ybiuy
esponse
désni,
su
comple ely
coincides
wi h i , c .
lie.
dio i b .
i
Dayp, lie.
guoba b .
i
2a6d.
The comple e
coincidence o
hese wo
désniy, as he
examples show,
is eally
exis ing, i.e., in
you opinion,
p obably only
coincide by
chance.
Acknowledging
he bal y-sla y
commonali ies,
linguis s do no
use sla y o
deno e ue
bal isms.
ji
jo
[22,
s.
265].
IS
li uanizmy
kamieno
a
a liepimo
lie.
uo
désnis‘has
been o med
possibly la e
i
uzZ bal y-sla y
bend ybiy wo:
désnj
independen ly,
independen ly.
a
The basis o
a
his appea ance
galé y bi i wo
p ieZas ys.
Fi s o
all lie.
wo>b .-a is
he as es
unce i ied,
e.g. 2d6d
guioba, 2absi
<
guobos.
<
Mo o
This could be
a
summa ized
as ollows.
i
The e is
also he
case when
he spoken
syllable o
such a
loanwo d
is only
ki éia ed.
Cia galbi
galéjo
pasi a nau i
owel
p onuncia i-
wo
on wa/ a
(plg.
i
now
somewh-
e e in he
sou h
Lie u os
Snek ose
okj a ima:
dudda~dioda,
dydna~d ona,
gludksnis
‘gluosnis’,
kuddas
~kuddas,
Slu a~Sh-
io a,
udga~
ioga
‘uoga’ k .
i
[23,
p.
234—236;
24,
p.
77,
He's on he g ound.
No.
66]°,
plg.
s ill
cases
whe e
i§
ya
is caused
by some
lie.
i
la.
Snek y The
diph hong uo
o he oo o
a wo d, e.g. lie.
A ack
o he Dialec s
‘ap alus’,
la.
apuols
(<
ap alas)
i
e c.
[25,
p.
276;
26,
p.
18;
27,
p.
37].
In his case,
he
semi owel
a
dél o he
y
compound
had o
disappea
due o he
assimila ion
o he
p eceding consonan
(Slu a>*sld a
i
pan., plg.
*apiny
<ap ynys
i
k .), likes
0,
one, will
be aped
@
whi e old
su
a:
(plg.
Nd- a
i
b a lis).
When his
happens,
he
p onuncia-
ion o
a*
he owel
o
di e en
o igins
i
can
coincide,
a:
such as bal y bela usian
(and ki y
sla y)
bal isms
could be
gi en he
same
equi alen ,
balsi plg.
a,
No.
2a6, le.
gab<lie.
*gdbas<gudbas<giobas
i
b .
mapasyya
‘ e lio is’
[Kaun.]<lie.
* e lid is
i
e al.
I§
I
appea s
ha he
whi e
uo
u ning
o b .
a
will be
indi ec , can
go h ough
he bal y
a miy a/ a
s age.
RySium
su
his lie.
uo
>
No.
5
Tokyo
dialec
lie.
ya
he
p onunci-
a ion
a ea
could
ha e been bigge .
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