- Elin Pelin dialect
The Elin Pelin dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the
Southwestern Bulgarian dialects , which is spoken in the eastern part of theSofia valley in central western Bulgaria. Its immediate neighbours are theVratsa dialect to the north, theBotevgrad dialect to the east, theSofia dialect to the west and theSamokov 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)
* щ/жд (IPA|ʃt/IPA|ʒd) for Proto-Slavic IPA|*tʲ/IPA|*dʲ (as in Standard Bulgarian) - "леща, между" (lentils, between). The future tense particle, however, is "ше", "кIPA|ʲе", "кIPA|ʲу"
* Vocalic r and l for Old Church Slavonic ръ/рь and лъ/ль instead of the combinations ръ/ър (IPA|rə/IPA|ər) and лъ/ъл (IPA|lə/IPA|əl) in Standard Bulgarian - "дрво, слза" instead of "дърво, сълза" (tree, tear).
* Verb ending -a instead of formal Bulgarian -ъ in verbs of the first and second conjugation: "чет'а" vs. formal Bulgarian "чет'ъ" (I read)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#elinpelinski]
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