The Vratsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of 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 ...

, which is spoken in the region of

Vratsa Vratsa ( bg, Враца ) is the largest city in northwestern Bulgaria and the administrative and economic centre of the municipality of Vratsa and Vratsa district. It is located about 112 km north of Sofia, 40 km southeast of Montana. ...

in northwestern Bulgaria. The Vratsa dialect borders on the transitional Belogradchik dialect to the west, the Northwestern

Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect The Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect is a Bulgarian language, Bulgarian dialect spoken in the regions of Pleven, Byala Slatina and Kula, Bulgaria, Kula in northwestern Bulgaria. The dialect is part of the Northwestern Bulgarian dialects. The most sig ...

to the north and east, the

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 ...

to the southeast 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 dial ...

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.

Sources

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

References

{{Bulgarian dialects Dialects of the Bulgarian language