diphthongizes to : for standard oi, orb. Asyllabic word-final vowels occur: for standard a spus. The diphthong monophthongizes to : for standard câine, mâine, pâine. The diphthong becomes in certain words: for standard băiat, tămâiat. The archaic consonant becomes in most of the dialectal area, whereas is preserved, although in free variation with . The labials and the labio-dentals are palatalized in specific ways when followed by front vowels: become , respectively; becomes or , and becomes or . Examples: for standard piele, bine, mic, (să) fie, vițel. However, the palatalization is not generalized (it is more widespread in the northern part of the dialectal area) and fluctuations occur. Dentals palatalize when followed by front vowels: for standard frate, bade. The affricate remains unchanged, while becomes : for standard sânge, fuge. The sequence receives an epenthetic and becomes : for standard slab, slănină. In Țara Moților, a specific kind of rhotacism occurs, by which intervocalic is replaced with in old words: for standard oameni, lumină. An identical phenomenon, which may be historically related, occurs in Istro-Romanian. In Țara Oașului, when is followed by a consonant, it is velarized to or even : for standard alb. In Țara Oașului, the consonant is realized with multiple vibrations. Morphological and syntactical features The possessive article is invariable: a meu, a mea, a mei, a mele ("mine", compare with standard al meu, a mea, ai mei, ale mele). Some verbs of the 1st and 4th conjugation groups do not take the -ez and -esc suffixes: lucră, străluce ("he works", "it shines", compare with standard lucrează, strălucește). On the other hand, the suffix -esc does occur sometimes where in the standard language it doesn't: împărțăsc, înghițăsc, simțăsc ("I divide", "I swallow", "I feel", compare with standard împart, înghit, simt). The auxiliary used for the compound perfect of verbs in the 3rd person is o for the singular and or / o for the plural: ("he said", "they said", compare with standard a zis, au zis). The conjunction used for subjunctives is și: și facă ("for him to do, that he does", compare with standard să facă). The following forms occur for the 3rd person of the subjunctive, both singular and plural: să deie, să steie, să beie, să vreie, ending in , where the standard language has să dea, să stea, să bea, să vrea, ending in . The past tense of the optative-conditional mood