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88 The phonological nature of the beginning of the wordlabial nasal [m] is pronounced with the following prepalatal nasal sonorant.The forms presented in (41) above, plus some additional examples,would be pronounced in both dialects as illustrated in (42). Data adaptedfrom Furdal (1955) and Zduñska (1965).(42)Northern Mazovian[pX ® ]asek[pX ® ]óra[pX ® ]osenka[pX ® ]ana[bV ® ]a³y[bV ® ]eda[fX ® ]esta[fX ® ]o³ek[fX ® ]olet[vV ® ]adro[vV ® ]oska[vV ® ]êcej[m­]asto[m­]ód[m­]ednica[m­]ot³a[m­]ara[m­]esi¹cKurp[p‚]asek[p‚]óra[p‚]osenka[p‚]ana[bó]a³y[bó]eda[f‚]esta[f‚]o³ek[f‚]olet[vó]adro[vó]oska[vó]êcej[m­]asto[m­]ód[m­]ednica[m­]ot³a[m­]ara[m­]esi¹c‘sand’‘feathers’‘song’‘foam’‘white’‘poverty’‘fiesta’‘violet’‘purple’‘bucket’‘village’‘more’‘city’‘honey’‘basin’‘broom’‘measure’‘month’Another interesting observation concerning soft labials in both dialectsis the process of cluster simplification, which affects [fX ® vV ® m­] and [f‚ vóm­] and deletes the first segment in each of these clusters, producing [X ®V ® ­] and [‚ ó ­] respectively. It must be stressed here that the labialplosives [p/b] are never affected by the cluster simplification rule, eitherin the Kurp or in the Mazovian dialects. This process is non-obligatory,and can not only vary from one speaker to another, but a single speakercan display a certain degree of inconsistency in the application of therule. Table (43) offers some illustration of the cluster simplification rulein the Kurp dialect.(43)a. initial clusters[f‚]o³ek[kf‚]at[m­]asto[‚]o³ek[k‚]at[­]asto‘violet’‘flower’‘city’[vó]adro[gvó]azdy[m­]ód[ó]adro[gó]azdy[­]ód‘bucket’‘stars’‘honey’