- Panagyurishte dialect
The Panagyurishte dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, which is part of the Balkan group of the Eastern Bulgarian dialects. Its range includes the town of
Panagyurishte , as well as a number of neighbouring villages. The most significant feature of the dialect, as in allBalkan dialects , is the pronunciation of Old Church Slavonic Unicode|ѣ (yat) as IPA|ʲa or IPA|ɛ, depending on the character of the following syllable.Phonological and morphological characteristics
* Transition of IPA|ʲu into i: "клич" vs. formal Bulgarian "клIPA|ʲyч"
* Pronunciation of Old Church Slavonic groups ръ/рь and лъ/ль only as ър (IPA|ər) and ъл (IPA|əl) instead of formal Bulgarian ръ/ър (IPA|rə/IPA|ər) and лъ/ъл (IPA|lə/IPA|əl) - "сълнце" vs. formal Bulgarian "слънце" (sun), "кърчма" vs. formal Bulgarian "кръчма" (pub)
* Hard consonant endings, especially in verbs: "молъ" instead of formal Bulgarian "молIPA|ʲъ" (I ask)Most of the other phonological and morphological characteristics of the Panagyurishte dialect are similar to the general features typical for all
Balkan dialects , cf. article.ources
Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 2006 [http://www.promacedonia.org/jchorb/st/st_2_b_izt_2.htm#panagjurski]
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