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The Vevčani-Radožda dialect (, ''Vevčansko-radoški dijalekt'') is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. Because of the old and rich tradition that this region has and because of the Vevčani Carnival, many old words are present in everyday communication of the people. The Vevčani-Radοžda dialect is the smallest dialect among the other dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in the villages of Radožda,
Vevčani Vevčani () is a village in North Macedonia. It is the only settlement and seat of Vevčani Municipality. Geography The village of Vevčani is found in the southwestern range at the foot of the Jablanica (mountain range), Jablanica mountain ...
, Mali Vlaj in the Republic of Macedonia and the village of Lin in Albania. The dialect is close with the
Struga Struga ( ; , sq-definite, Struga) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The name Struga ...
, Korča, and Ohrid dialects.


Phonological characteristic

*change of word-initial (цв-) to (цу): цвет → цут / ''cvet'' → ''cut'' 'flower' *loss of intervocalic (в): половина → полојна / ''polovina'' → ''polojna'' 'half' *stress falls on the third syllable from the end of the word. *use of intervocalic ''o'' instead of ''a''


Morphological characteristic

*use of the suffix -уле / ''-ule'': дете → детуле / ''dete'' → ''detule'' 'kid'; *use of the preposition в / во 'in': во вода, в град / ''vo voda'', ''v grad'' 'in water', 'in city'; *use of the suffix -т: тој пишит / ''toj pišit'' 'he writes'; *frequent use of the perfect construction е дојден, беше дојден / ''e dojden'', ''beše dojden'' 'is come', 'was come'.p. 248 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S. Bojkovska, D. Pandev, L. Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž. Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001 *change of (''ќ'') /''kj''/ to (''шт'') /''št''/ : гаќи /''gakji''/ → гашти /''gašti''/


Other specific characteristics

*change of the vocal R and vocal L; *often use of the consonant groups шт (št) and жд (žd) *using vocal groups such as: -ea-, -oa- .


Typical words

*Пипун/''pipun'' as opposed to диња/''dinja'' 'cantaloupe' *Риза/''riza'' as opposed to крпа/''krpa'' 'towel' *Карпуз/''karpuz'' as opposed to лубеница/''lubenica'' 'watermelon' *Момиче/''momiče'' as opposed to мома/''moma'' 'girl' *Иљачи/''iljači'' as opposed to лекови/''lekovi'' 'medicines' *Гашти/''eašti'' as opposed to гаќи/''gaķi'' 'underwear' *Кнок/''knok'' as opposed to слаб/''slab'' 'thin/skinny' *Јаболце/''jabolce'' as opposed to капаче/''kapače'' 'kneecap' *Фшинат/''fšinat'' as opposed to шинат/''šinat'' 'to sprain'


References


See also


The Radožda-Vevčani Dialect of Macedonian: Structure, Texts, Lexicon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vevcani-Radozda Dialect Dialects of the Macedonian language Vevčani Municipality Struga Municipality