Abstract This article analyses sub-dialects of the South-Western Kurzeme region in Latvia. The focus is on the most prominent phonetic, morphological and lexical features of these sub-dialects, and their usage in the 21st century. The sub-dialects of South-Western Kurzeme have many characteristic features found in their phonetics and morphology. In the South-Western Kurzeme sub-dialects, there are native lexemes – words from the ancient Curonian language and also borrowed lexemes, as language contact has been an ongoing fact of life in South-Western Kurzeme. This region has been influenced by several languages – both neighbouring and more distant.

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从历史的角度看西南库尔泽姆的次方言

摘要本文分析了拉脱维亚西南部Kurzeme地区的次方言。重点是这些子方言最突出的语音，形态和词汇特征，以及它们在21世纪的用法。西南Kurzeme的次方言在语音和词法上具有许多特征。在西南Kurzeme子方言中，有本地词素-来自古库尔斯语的单词，也有借来的词素，因为与语言的接触一直是西南Kurzeme的生活现状。该地区受到多种语言的影响-邻近和较远。