Strandzha Dialect - Phonological and Morphological Characteristics

Phonological and Morphological Characteristics

• Existence of long soft consonants л /l/, н /n/, к /k/ and г /ɡ/: сиренн҄е vs. formal Bulgarian сирене (cheese)
• Transition of soft t and d into soft k and g (also typical for the Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo dialect, cf. article): вæжг҄и vs. formal Bulgarian вежди (eyebrows)
• The masculine definite article is -ът after a hard syllable and -ет after a soft syllable: гърбът, мъжет vs. formal Bulgarian гърбът, мъжът (the back, the man)
• A number of lexical peculiarities, e.g. потон vs. common Bulgarian под (floor)

For other phonological and morphological characteristics that are typical for all Rup dialects, cf. article.