Chod dialect
The Chod dialect (Czech: "chodské nářečí") is a dialect of the Czech language. It is spoken in the region called Chodsko in southwestern Bohemia, around the town of Domažlice. It belongs to the South-West Bohemian group of Czech dialects, but it is more different from the other dialects in this group. The speakers of the dialect have traditionally been called the Chods (Czech: "Chodové"). The Chod dialect is among the most well-preserved regional dialects in the Czech Republic. Diachronic development. A 1976 study by Jaroslav Voráč showed that among younger speakers with varying academic qualifications, the  only features listed above which are still retained fully are the lack of declension in possessives, the "-ouc" ending for families, and the long vowels in "náše" and "váše". All other defining grammatical and phonological features in the dialect were by that time largely restricted to the older generation. Folklore and literature. The music and folklore of the Chodsko region gave the dialect a literary presence. Chod folk music was collected and archived by the folklorist Jindřich Jindřich, while the author Jindřich Šimon Baar published "Chodské povídky a pohádky" (Chod stories and tales) in 1922. The local culture of the  region also influenced other writers including Alois Jirásek with his novel "Psohlavci", in which most of the dialogue is in the Chod dialect. Božena Němcová, whose family lived in the region, wrote of the culture and dialect in her "Obrazy z oblastí Domažlického" (Pictures from Domažlice Region), a collection of personal letters during her time in the region.