Breznik dialect
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Template:Short description The Breznik dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Transitional dialects, which is spoken in the region of Graovo in central western Bulgaria. It borders on the Tran dialect to the west and north, the Kyustendil dialect to the south and the Sofia dialect to the northeast and features characteristics typical for the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
- шч/дж (Script error: No such module "IPA"./Script error: No such module "IPA".) for Proto-Slavic Script error: No such module "IPA"./Script error: No such module "IPA".: лешча, меджу vs. Standard Bulgarian Script error: No such module "Lang". (lentils, between).
- Vocalic r and l for Old Bulgarian Script error: No such module "Lang". and Script error: No such module "Lang". instead of the combinations Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA"./Script error: No such module "IPA".) and Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA"./Script error: No such module "IPA".) in Standard Bulgarian - Script error: No such module "Lang". instead of Script error: No such module "Lang". (tree, tear). However, the reflex of Script error: No such module "Lang". is u before labial consonants (as in the Ihtiman dialect and the Samokov dialect): Script error: No such module "Lang". vs. formal Bulgarian Script error: No such module "Lang". (wool)
- Definite articles Script error: No such module "Lang". as in Standard Bulgarian
- Vowel -e instead of -x in the forms of past imperfect tense: биее vs. Standard Bulgarian биех (I was beating)
The dialect is dynamic and is well known for the shortening of the words.
For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Transitional dialects, cf. Transitional Bulgarian dialects.
Sources
Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 2006 [1]
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