Byala Slatina-Pleven Dialect - Phonological and Morphological Characteristics

Phonological and Morphological Characteristics

  • Ending (ə) (in a stressed syllable) and slightly reduced a (in an unstressed syllable) in the verbs of 1st and 2nd conjugation (as in Standard Bulgarian) - мръ, пиша
  • Future tense particle ще/ше as in Standard Bulgarian and the Central Balkan dialect - ще/ше ида (I will come)
  • Ending schwa (ə) in stressed syllables of female nouns (as in the Central Balkan dialect) - женˈъ, горˈъ (woman, forest)
  • Pronunciation of the little yus (ѧ) as (ə) - шъпа, жътва (palm, harvest)
  • Participles ньега/гьа for 3rd person sing. fem. agglomerative case instead of Standard Bulgarian нея/я

Most other phonological and morphological characteristics of the dialect are the same as the general features typical for all Northwestern Bulgarian dialects (cf. article for details).

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