The Sofia dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Northwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in western part of the

Sofia valley The Sofia Valley (), or Sofia Field (), is situated in central western Bulgaria. It is the second of the succession of the eleven Sub-Balkan valleys in direction west–east and is the largest of them in area and population. It is named after th ...

by part of the

Shopi Shopi or Šopi ( South Slavic: Шопи) is a regional term, used by a group of people in the Balkans. The areas traditionally inhabited by the ''Shopi'' or ''Šopi'' is called ''Shopluk'' or ''Šopluk'' (Шоплук), a mesoregion. Most of ...

. 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'' mɤʒ(man), ''сън'' sɤn(sleep). * Limited number of o �reflexes of Old Church Slavonic ъ (back yer): in the suffix ''-ък'' �k the prefixes ''въз'' ɤzand ''съ'' ɤand the prepositions ''във'', ''въз'' and ''със'': ''сос него'' ɔs 'negɔvs. Standard Bulgarian ''със него'' ɤs 'nego(with him), ''напредок'' a'predɔkvs. Standard Bulgarian ''напредък'' ɐ'predɐk(progress) * щ/жд (~) for Proto-Slavic ~ (as in Standard Bulgarian) - ''леща, между'' lɛʃta ɛʒ'du(lentils, between). The future tense particle, however, is ''че'': ''че че'теме'' ͡ʃɛ 't͡ʃɛtɛmevs. Standard Bulgarian ''ще четем'' �tɛ t͡ʃɛ'tɛm(we will read) * ръ () and лъ () for Old Church Slavonic groups ръ~рь and лъ~ль versus formal Bulgarian ръ~ър (~) and лъ~ъл (~): ''дръво, слъза'' rɤ'vɔ lɤ'zainstead of formal Bulgarian ''дърво, сълза'' ɐr'vɔ ɐl'za(tree, tear). * Ending -м in 1st person sg. present tense for verbs of all conjugations: четем t͡ʃɛtɛmvs. formal Bulgarian ''чет'ъ'' t͡ʃɛ'tɤ(I read) * Lack of ending -т in the forms for 3rd person pl. present tense: ''яда'' jadavs. formal Bulgarian ''ядът'' ɐ'dɤt(they eat) * Personal pronouns for 3rd person он �n она �'na оно �'nɔ они �'ni as in Old Bulgarian (той ɔj тя ʲa то ɔ те ɛin Standard Bulgarian) For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Southwestern dialects, cf. the Northwestern Bulgarian dialects.

Sources

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

References

{{Bulgarian dialects Dialects of the Bulgarian language