The Gostivar dialect (
Macedonian: гостиварски дијалект, ''gostivarski dijalekt'' ) is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of
dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is mainly spoken in the area around the city of
Gostivar
Gostivar ( mk, Гостивар , Albanian and Turkish: ''Gostivar''), is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042, and the town also ...
to the villages
Brvenica and
Bogovinje
Bogovinje ( mk, ; sq, Bogovinë /bɒgɒviːnə/) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Bogovinje municipality.
Sports
The village also has a stadium home to FK Drita FK or fk may refer to:
In arts ...
on north,
Reka region on west,
Poreče on east and
Galičnik
Galičnik ( mk, Галичник) is a mountain village in North Macedonia and along with Lazaropole is one of the two biggest and oldest Mijak villages in the region. Galičnik has well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphithe ...
on south. The dialect is closely related with the neighbouring dialects, particularly with the
Kičevo-Poreče dialect
The Kičevo-Poreče dialect ( mk, Кичевско-поречки дијалект, ''Kičevsko-porečki dijalekt'') is a member of the central subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in a vast area in Nort ...
,
Reka dialect and
Galičnik dialect. Also in some extent, the dialect shares some similarities with the
Tetovo dialect
The Tetovo dialect ( mk, Тетовски дијалект, ''Tetovski dijalekt'') is a member of the western subgroup of the northern group of dialects of Macedonian. It is considered part of the transitional Torlakian dialects. It is spoken b ...
. The dialect is very well known for using masculine forms of direct and indirect objects, for male and female.
Phonological characteristics
* replacement of the letters ''ќ'' and ''ѓ'' in verbal use with ''ч'' and ''џ'', respectively: куќа (''kukja'') → куча (''kucha''); Ѓурѓа (''Gjurgja'') → Џурџа (''Djurdja'')
* the
yat
Yat or jat (Ѣ ѣ; italics: ) is the thirty-second letter of the old Cyrillic alphabet and the Rusyn alphabet.
There is also another version of yat, the iotified yat (majuscule: , minuscule: ), which is a Cyrillic character combining a ...
has reflexed into
цена (''cena'', "price")
* the Proto-Slavic ''*ǫ'' has denazalized to
* the older
has been replaced with
in most words: прах (''prah'') → прав (''prav'', "dust")
* the consonant group ''цв-'' is substituted with ''цу-'': цвет (''cvet'') → цут (''cut'', "flower")
* absence of the intervocalic in the plural forms of monosyllabic nouns (e.g. лебо(в)и, дождо(в)и, etc.)
Morphological characteristics
* use of masculine direct and indirect object for males and females: Дај му ја топкава на Тони/ Дај му ја топкава на Ивона (Daj mu ja topkava na Toni/ Daj mu ja topkava na Ivona) - Give this ball to Toni/ Ivona;
* three
definite article
An article is any member of a class of dedicated words that are used with noun phrases to mark the identifiability of the referents of the noun phrases. The category of articles constitutes a part of speech.
In English, both "the" and "a(n)" a ...
s pertaining to the position of the object (see
Macedonian grammar
The grammar of Macedonian is, in many respects, similar to that of some other Balkan languages (constituent languages of the '' Balkan sprachbund''), especially Bulgarian. Macedonian exhibits a number of grammatical features that distinguish ...
)
* use of suffix -t for third person singular: тој пишува- тој пишуват (''toj pišuva'') - he writes
Examples of the dialect
Traditional song on Upper Polog dialect:
:Што ќе правиме, чиниме,
:со кој мерак ш'о го имаме,
:ниту јадиме, пиеме,
:ниту слободно спиеме.
:Сношти помина покрај нас,
:тамо ја најдов мајка ти.
:- Добро вечер, стара бабо.
:- Дал ти Бог добро, јуначе.
:А што ми рече два збора,
:два збора, до два изгора.
:- Да, море лудо и младо,
:не си го губи времето.
:Момето ми е свршено,
:за друго лудо, порусо,
:за друго лудо, порусо,
:од тебе многу поарно.
References
Works cited
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{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language
Gostivar Municipality
Brvenica Municipality
Bogovinje Municipality