The Skopska Crna Gora dialect ( mk, Скопскоцрногорски дијалект, ) is a member of the western subgroup of the
northern group of
dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in a small territory north of
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; ...
on the hem and at the foot of the mountain
Skopska Crna Gora. The name of the dialect is derived from the name of the mountain . The Skopska Crna Gora dialect is spoken in the villages:
Kučkovo,
Orman,
Volkovo,
Novo Selo,
Brazda,
Gluvo
Gluvo ( mk, Глуво) is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 349 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002) ''Bo ...
,
Čučer,
Gornjane
Gornjane ( sr-cyrl, Горњане) is a village in the municipality of Bor, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Eu ...
,
Banjane,
Mirkovci,
Kučevište
Kučevište ( mk, Кучевиште) is the largest village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3,167 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include ...
,
Pobožje,
Brodec,
Ljubanci,
Ljuboten,
Raštak,
Gorno Orizari,
Radišani,
Bulačani,
Cresevo and
Stajkovci.
Phonological characteristics
*use of A instead of E: / > / ('grass'), / > / ('nut');
*retained use of
ъ Big
Yer
A yer is either of two letters in Cyrillic alphabets, ъ (ѥръ, ''jerŭ'') and ь (ѥрь, ''jerĭ''). The Glagolitic alphabet used, as respective counterparts, the letters (Ⱏ) and (Ⱐ). They originally represented phonemically the "u ...
: / > / ('lie');
*use of U instead of the Old Church Slavonic letter ON: / > / ('road'), / > / ('nephew').
Morphological characteristics
*use of the letter V between vowels: / > / ('that')
*palatal J before the letter E at the beginning of a word: / > / ('tongue'), > ('rope');
*the consonant group MN is replaced with the consonant group ML: / > / ('too much');
*use of the preposition U instead of the preposition VO: / > / ('in city')
Typical words
There are many words which are typical of the Skopska Crna Gora dialect.
[Академик Божидар Видоески, Говорот на Скопска Црногорија: МЈ, 1954, V, 1, стр.1-30; 2, стр. 109-196: 2 к]
*/ instead of / ('flat')
*/ instead of / ('this')
*/ instead of /
References
{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language
Čučer-Sandevo Municipality