Vratsa dialect

Vratsa dialect

The Vratsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Vratsa in northwestern Bulgaria. The Vratsa dialect borders on the transitional Belogradchik dialect to the west, the Northwestern Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect to the north and east, the Botevgrad dialect to the southeast and the Sofia dialect to the south.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

* Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic Unicode |ѫ (yus), ь and ъ: "маж" vs. formal Bulgarian "мъж" (man), "сан" vs. formal Bulgarian "сън" (sleep)
* Plural dative personal pronoun "мгIPA|ʲи" vs. formal Bulgarian "им" (them)": "дайте мгIPA|ʲи" (Give them)

For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Southwestern dialects, cf. Southwestern Bulgarian dialects.

ources

Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 2006 [http://www.promacedonia.org/jchorb/st/st_2_b_zap_2.htm#vrachanski]


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