The article deals with the phonetic features of “subsidiary” clattering dialects of the Volgograd region and “maternal” Meshchersky dialects of the Penza region. The basic phonetic features and difference are described.

There is described and analyzed the modern condition of clattering dialects of the Volgograd region. There are represented the phonetic, grammar and lexical peculiarities of the dialects of Kraishev, Elan district, and Pereshchepnyi, Kotovo district.theer are marked out the traditional South Russian features and the signs that are revealed in the original dialects of the Ryazan Meshchera.