- Samokov dialect
The Samokov dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the
Southwestern Bulgarian dialects , which is spoken in the region ofSamokov in central western Bulgaria. Its immediate neighbours are theSofia dialect andElin Pelin dialect to the north, theIhtiman dialect to the east, theDupnitsa dialect to the west and theRazlog 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). Limited number of o reflexes of Old Church Slavonic ъ in the suffix "-ък", the prefixes "въз" and "съ" and the prepositions "във", "въз" and "със": "сос него" vs. Standard Bulgarian "със него" (with him), "напредок" vs. Standard Bulgarian "напредък" (progress). Limited number of u reflexes of yus: "мука" vs. Standard Bulgarian "мъка" (sorrow)
* Schwa (IPA|ə) for Old Church Slavonic лъ/ль before non-labial consonants and u before labial consonants (as in theIhtiman dialect ): "съза" vs. formal Bulgarian "сълза" (tear), "вуна" vs. formal Bulgarian "вълна" (wool)
* щ/жд (IPA|ʃt/IPA|ʒd) for Proto-Slavic IPA|*tʲ/IPA|*dʲ (as in Standard Bulgarian) - "леща, между" (lentils, between). The reflex in sevеral villages and partially in the town of Samokov is, however, шч , i.e. "лешча"
* Presence of soft consonants at the end of the word
* Single masculine definite article -o: "гар'бо" vs. Standard Bulgarian "гър'бът" (the back).
* Ending -м in verbs of all conjugations (as in theSofia dialect ): "че'тем" 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#samokovski]
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