Phonological and morphological characteristics
* щ/жд (/) for Proto-Slavic / (as in Standard Bulgarian) - ''леща, между'' (lentils, between). The future tense particle, however, is ''че'': ''че че'темe'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''ще четем'' (we will read) * Vowel a for Old Bulgarian ѫ (yus): ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man). Limited number of u reflexes of yus (as in the Samokov dialect): ''мука'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''мъка'' (sorrow) * Vowel o for Old Bulgarian ъ in suffixes and prefixes and some roots and a in other roots: ''сос него'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''със него'' (with him), ''бочва'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''бъчва'' (cask) but ''вашка'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''въшка'' (louse) * Vocalic r for Old Bulgarian ръ/рь instead of the combination ръ/ър (/) in Standard Bulgarian - ''дрво'' instead of ''дърво'' (tree). * The reflex of Old Bulgarian лъ/ль is: : Before non-labial consonants - schwa () in the southern subdialect and vocalic l in the northern subdialect: ''съза/слза'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сълза'' : Before labial consonants - u: ''вуна'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''вълна'' (wool) * Preserved consonant х () in all positions, except the beginning of the word: ''чух'' (I heard), ''оди'' (walks) * Verb ending -м in verbs of the first and second conjugation: ''чет'ем'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''чет'ъ'' (I read) * Adverbial participle on -ейки/айки (as in Standard Bulgarian): ''играейки'' (while playing) * Dynamic stress For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Southwestern dialects, cf.Sources
Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 200