Skopska Crna Gora dialect
The Skopska Crna Gora dialect (
Cresevo and Stajkovci
.
The dialect belongs to the Torlakian dialectal group (also known as Prizren-Timok dialects).
Phonological characteristics
- use of A instead of E: трева/treva > трава/trava ('grass'), орев/orev > орав/orav ('nut');
- retained use of ъ Big Yer: лаже/laže > лъже/lăže ('lie');
- use of U instead of the Old Church Slavonic letter ON: пат/pat > пут/put ('road'), внук/vnuk > унук/unuk ('nephew').
Morphological characteristics
- use of the letter V between vowels: тоа/toa > това/tova ('that')
- palatal J before the letter E at the beginning of a word: јазик/jazik > језик/jezik ('tongue'), јаже > јуже ('rope');
- the consonant group MN is replaced with the consonant group ML: многу/mnogu > млогу/mlogu ('too much');
- use of the preposition U instead of the preposition VO: во град/vo grad > у град/u grad ('in city')
Typical words
There are many words which are typical of the Skopska Crna Gora dialect.[1]
- равно/ravno instead of рамно/ramno ('flat')
- овоа/ovoa instead of ова/ova ('this')
- плевна/plevna instead of племна/plemna
References
- ^ Академик Божидар Видоески, Говорот на Скопска Црногорија: МЈ, 1954, V, 1, стр.1-30; 2, стр. 109-196: 2 к
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1 Also considered a dialect of Torlak dialect and as a subdialect of Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian . | ||||||