Subbalkan dialect

Subbalkan dialect

The Subbalkan dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, which is part of the Balkan group of the Eastern Bulgarian dialects. Its range includes the northeastern part of Bulgarian Thrace, i.e. the regions of Burgas, Sliven, Yambol, Stara Zagora and Chirpan. As a result of the mass population movements that affected eastern Bulgaria during the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, speakers of the Subbalkan dialect have moved en masse to northeastern Bulgaria and now form a vast portion of the population of the districts of Varna, Dobrich and Balchik. Some of these also went as far as Bessarabia establishing numerous colonies there. Nowadays, a large part of the Bessarabian Bulgarians speak this dialect. The most significant feature of the Subbalkan dialect, as in all Balkan 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

* The ending of the verbs in 1st and 2nd conjugation and female nouns is -a instead of as in the Central Balkan dialect: "че'та", "же'на" (I read, woman). This separates the Subbalkan dialect from most other Balkan dialects and brings it closer to the Pirdop dialect and all Western Bulgarian dialects
* Ending IPA|ʲa for Old Church Slavonic Unicode|ѣ (yat) in the end of the word instead of formal Bulgarian IPA|ɛ: "злIPA|ʲа" instead of formal Bulgarian "зле" (badly), "добрIPA|ʲа" instead of formal Bulgarian "добре" (well)
* reduction of i into IPA|ʲə in an unstressed syllable before hard syllables or a consonant in the suffixes "-ин", "-ина", "-ино" анд "-ик": "българIPA|ʲън" instead of formal Bulgarian "българин" (a Bulgarian), "истIPA|ʲъна" instead of formal Bulgarian "истина" (truth)
* Transition of the consonant group -дн into -нн: "гланна" vs. formal Bulgarian "гладна" (hungry)
* Stress on the final syllable in past aorist tense of certain verbs: "гли'дах" (I watched)
* The masculine definite article is (IPA|ə) (in a stressed syllable) and slightly reduced a (in an unstressed syllable) - "гърˈбъ, ˈстола" (the back, the chair)
* The plural definite article is -ти instead of formal Bulgarian -те: "мъжети" instead of formal Bulgarian "мъжете" (the men)
* Lack of agglomerative forms in family and proper nouns: "дадух на Иван" (I gave to Ivan), cf. Central Balkan dialect

As a result of its specific characteristics, the Subbalkan dialect is usually considered to be a transitional dialect between the Balkan dialects and the Rup dialects. Most other phonological and morphological characteristics of the Subbalkan dialect are the same as 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#podbalkanski]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Maleševo-Pirin dialect — The term Maleševo Pirin dialect (also spelt Maleshevo) is used in South Slavic linguistics to refer to a group of related varieties that are spoken on both sides of the border between Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. Some linguists treat… …   Wikipedia

  • Chepino dialect — The Chepino dialect is a Bulgarian dialect of the Rhodopean group of the Rup dialects. Its range includes the northwestern Rhodopes, i.e. the towns of Velingrad, Rakitovo and Kostandovo and the villages of Dragichevo and Dorkovo. Its immediate… …   Wikipedia

  • Dupnitsa dialect — The Dupnitsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Dupnitsa in central western Bulgaria. It is transitional between the Samokov dialect to the east and the Blagoevgrad… …   Wikipedia

  • Rup dialects — The Rup dialects, or the Southeastern dialects, are a group of Bulgarian dialects located east of the yat boundary, thus being part of the Eastern Bulgarian dialects. The range of the Rup dialects includes the southern part of Thrace, i.e.… …   Wikipedia

  • Bulgarian language — Not to be confused with Bulgar language. Bulgarian Български език Bălgarski ezik Spoken in Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Greece, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Albania, Kosovo, Repub …   Wikipedia

  • Northwestern Bulgarian dialects — Yat border in the Bulgarian language The Northwestern Bulgarian dialects are two closely related dialects of the Bulgarian language, which are located west of the yat boundary and thus are part of the Western Bulgarian dialects. The range of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Moesian dialects — Yat border in the Bulgarian language The Moesian dialects are a group of closely related dialects of the Bulgarian language, part of the Eastern Bulgarian dialects. The Moesian dialects are spoken in northeastern Bulgaria and in the regions of… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”