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Southwestern Bulgarian Dialects
The Southwestern Bulgarian dialects are a group of Bulgarian dialects which are located west of the yat boundary and are part of the Western Bulgarian dialects. The range of the Southwestern dialects on the territory of Bulgaria includes most of west central and southwestern Bulgaria. The Southwestern dialects border on the Northwestern dialects to the north, the Transitional dialects to the northwest and the Balkan dialects and the Rup dialects to the northeast and southeast, respectively. If the Macedonian language is regarded as a third literary form of Modern Bulgarian, then the Southwestern dialects extend west and southwest to include the Slavic dialects in Vardar Macedonia and the western half of Greek Macedonia. Should the Macedonian language be counted as a separate language, then the southernmost dialect of the group, the Blagoevgrad-Petrich or Pirin dialect, along with the corresponding variety on the Macedonian side of the border, the Maleshevo dialect, constitute a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samokov Dialect
The Samokov dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Samokov in central western Bulgaria. Its immediate neighbours are the Sofia dialect and Elin Pelin dialect to the north, the Ihtiman dialect to the east, the Dupnitsa dialect to the west and the Razlog dialect to the south. Phonological and morphological characteristics * Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus), ь and ъ: ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man), ''сан'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сън'' (sleep). * Limited number of o reflexes of Old Church Slavonic ъ in the suffix ''-ък'', the prefixes ''въз'' and ''съ'' and the prepositions ''във'', ''въз'' and ''със'': ''сос него'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''със него'' (with him), ''напредок'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''напредък'' (progress). * Limited number of u reflexes of yus: ''мука'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''мъка'' (sorrow) * Schwa () for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maleševo-Pirin Dialect
The term Maleševo-Pirin or Maleshevo-Pirin or Pirin-Maleshevo dialect is used in South Slavic linguistics to refer to a group of related varieties that are spoken on both sides of the border of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia. Some linguists treat them as dialects of the Bulgarian language, while Victor Friedman views them as part of Macedonian. According to some authors, they are linguistically transitional between the two national languages, Bulgarian and Macedonian and form part of the larger dialect continuum between them. The dialect group is named after the mountain ranges of Pirin in Bulgaria and Maleševo in Macedonia. When referring specifically to the dialects on the Bulgarian side, the term Petrich-Blagoevgrad dialect, after the two major towns in the area, is also used. Classification Macedonian linguists tend to treat the whole group as part of Macedonian, classifying it as part of a southeastern group of Macedonian dialects, whereas from the perspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihtiman Dialect
The Ihtiman dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the regions of Ihtiman, Kostenets and Septemvri in central western Bulgaria. It is transitional between the Botevgrad and Samokov dialect. Phonological and morphological characteristics * Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus), ь and ъ: ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man), ''сан'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сън'' (sleep). o for Old Church Slavonic ъ exists only in the preposition and prefix ''въз'' * Schwa () for Old Church Slavonic лъ/ль before non-labial consonants and u before labial consonants (as in the Samokov dialect): ''съза'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сълза'' (tear), ''вуна'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''вълна'' (wool) * Lack of soft consonants at the end of the word * The masculine definite article is -a, as in the Pirdop dialect: ''кра'ка'' (the leg) * Verb ending -a in verbs of the first and second conjugation: ''чет'а ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vratsa Dialect
The Vratsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Vratsa in northwestern Bulgaria. The Vratsa dialect borders on the transitional Belogradchik dialect to the west, the Northwestern Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect to the north and east, the Botevgrad dialect to the southeast and the Sofia dialect to the south. Phonological and morphological characteristics * Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus), ь and ъ: ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man), ''сан'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сън'' (sleep) * Plural dative personal pronoun ''мг҄и'' The symbol ◌҄ indicates palatalization. vs. formal Bulgarian ''им'' (them)": ''дайте мг҄и'' (Give them) For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Southwestern dialects, cf. Southwestern Bulgarian dialects The Southwestern Bulgarian dialects are a group of Bulgarian dialects which are located west of the yat boundary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Dialect
The Sofia dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in western part of the Sofia valley by part of the Shopi. Its immediate neighbours are the Vratsa dialect to the north, the Elin Pelin dialect to the east, the Transitional dialects to the west and the Samokov dialect to the south. Phonological and morphological characteristics * Vowel for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus), ь and ъ, as in Standard Bulgarian: ''мъж'' (man), ''сън'' (sleep). * Limited number of o reflexes of Old Church Slavonic ъ in the suffix ''-ък'', the prefixes ''въз'' and ''съ'' and the prepositions ''във'', ''въз'' and ''със'': ''сос него'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''със него'' (with him), ''напредок'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''напредък'' (progress) * щ/жд (~) for Proto-Slavic ~ (as in Standard Bulgarian) - ''леща, между'' (lentils, between). The future tense particle, however, is ''че'': ''че ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Dialects By Todor Bozhinov
Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bulgarian culture * Bulgarian cuisine, a representative of the cuisine of Southeastern Europe See also * * List of Bulgarians, include * Bulgarian name, names of Bulgarians * Bulgarian umbrella, an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism * Bulgar (other) * Bulgarian-Serbian War (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirdop Dialect
The Pirdop dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, which is part of the Balkan group of the Eastern Bulgarian dialects. Its range includes the towns of Pirdop, Zlatitsa and Koprivshtitsa, as well as several neighbouring villages. The most significant feature of the dialect, as in all Balkan dialects, is the pronunciation of Old Church Slavonic ѣ (yat) as or , depending on the character of the following syllable. However, the Pirdop dialect also features a number of characteristics which bring it closer to the neighbouring Western Bulgarian dialects, and especially to the Botevgrad dialect and which, in turn, separate it from the rest of the Balkan dialects. Phonological and morphological characteristics * Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus) and ъ (back yer) in a stressed syllable and ъ () in an unstressed syllable: ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man), ''сан'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сън'' (sleep), but ''мъ'жа'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъ'жът'' (the man) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botevgrad Dialect
The Botevgrad dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Botevgrad and Etropole in northwestern Bulgaria. It is located on the yat boundary and is closely related to the Eastern Bulgarian Pirdop dialect. Phonological and morphological characteristics * Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic (yus), ь and ъ: ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man), ''сан'' vs. formal Bulgarian ' (sleep). However, Old Church Slavonic has resulted in o in the prepositions and prefixes ''във'' and ''въз'': ''вов водата'' vs. formal Bulgarian ' (in the water). The schwa is usually pronounced only in Turkish words, e.g. ' (copper) * Vocalic r and l for Old Church Slavonic and instead of the combinations (~) and (~) in Standard Bulgarian - ' instead of ' (tree, tear). * Lack of iotation between two vowels: ' (also ') vs. formal Bulgarian ' (to dig) * The masculine definite article is -a, as in the Pirdop diale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupnitsa Dialect
The Dupnitsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Dupnitsa in central western Bulgaria. It is transitional between the Samokov dialect to the east and the Blagoevgrad-Petrich dialect to the south. Phonological and morphological characteristics * щ/жд (/) for Proto-Slavic / (as in Standard Bulgarian) - ''леща, между'' (lentils, between). The future tense particle, however, is ''че'': ''че че'темe'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''ще четем'' (we will read) * Vowel a for Old Bulgarian ѫ (yus): ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man). Limited number of u reflexes of yus (as in the Samokov dialect): ''мука'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''мъка'' (sorrow) * Vowel o for Old Bulgarian ъ in suffixes and prefixes and some roots and a in other roots: ''сос него'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''със него'' (with him), ''бочва'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''бъчва'' (cask) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Language
Bulgarian (, ; bg, label=none, български, bălgarski, ) is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeastern Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians. Along with the closely related Macedonian language (collectively forming the East South Slavic languages), it is a member of the Balkan sprachbund and South Slavic dialect continuum of the Indo-European language family. The two languages have several characteristics that set them apart from all other Slavic languages, including the elimination of case declension, the development of a suffixed definite article, and the lack of a verb infinitive. They retain and have further developed the Proto-Slavic verb system (albeit analytically). One such major development is the innovation of evidential verb forms to encode for the source of information: witnessed, inferred, or reported. It is the official language of Bulgaria, and since 2007 has been among the official languages of the Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
