Upper Polog Dialect - Phonological Characteristics

Phonological Characteristics

• the yat has reflexed into : цена (cena, "price")
• the Proto-Slavic *ǫ has denazalized to
• the older has been replaced with in most words: прах (prah) → прав (prav, "dust")
• the consonant group цв- is substituted with цу-: цвет (cvet) → цут (cut, "flower")
• absence of the intervocalic in the plural forms of monosyllabic nouns (e.g. лебо(в)и, дождо(в)и, etc.)