The Breznik dialect is a

Bulgarian 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 * Bul ...

dialect, member of the Transitional dialects, which is spoken in the region of Graovo in central western Bulgaria. It borders on the

Tran dialect The Tran dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Transitional dialects, which is spoken in the regions of Tran and Godech in central western Bulgaria and in the Western Outlands. It borders on the Belogradchik dialect to the north, the Sofi ...

to the west and north, the

Kyustendil dialect The Kyustendil dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Kyustendil in central western Bulgaria. It borders on the Transitional dialects to the north, the Dupnitsa dialect to t ...

to the south and the

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 dialec ...

to the northeast and features characteristics typical for the

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 ...

Phonological and morphological characteristics

* шч/дж (/) for Proto-Slavic /: ''лешча, меджу'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ' (lentils, between). * Vocalic r and l for Old Bulgarian and instead of the combinations (/) and (/) in Standard Bulgarian - ' instead of ' (tree, tear). However, the reflex of is u before labial consonants (as in the

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. ...

and the

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 ...

): ' vs. formal Bulgarian ' (wool) * Definite articles as in Standard Bulgarian * Vowel -e instead of -x in the forms of past imperfect tense: ''биее'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''биех'' (I was beating) The dialect is dynamic and is well known for the shortening of the words. For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Transitional dialects, cf.

Transitional Bulgarian dialects The Transitional Bulgarian dialects are a group of Bulgarian dialects, whose speakers are located west of the Yat border, yat boundary and are part of the Western Bulgarian dialects. As they have most of the typical characteristics of the North- ...

Sources

Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 200

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breznik Dialect Dialects of the Bulgarian language