The Kičevo-Poreče dialect ( mk, Кичевско-поречки дијалект, ''Kičevsko-porečki dijalekt'') is a member of the central subgroup of the western group of
dialects
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ...
of
Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in a vast area in
North Macedonia
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and mainly in the cities
Kičevo and
Makedonski Brod. It is also native to the villages of the region
Poreče, such as
Samokov
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and those around
Kičevo. Because of the migration of the population from
Poreče, the dialect is spoken in the region of
Polog
Polog ( mk, Полог, Polog; sq, Pollog), also known as the Polog Valley ( mk, links=no, Полошка Котлина, Pološka Kotlina; sq, links=no, Lugina e Pollogut), is located in the north-western part of the Republic of North Macedo ...
and in the capital
Skopje
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The territory of Sk ...
. The Kičevo-Poreče dialect is closely related to the
Prilep-Bitola dialect,
Gostivar dialect with which they share many common characteristics.
[Kichevo dialect (1957), Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts] This dialect can be found in many books and novels, and one of the more popular is the novel "Milion mačenici" by
Risto Krle. The Kičevo-Poreče dialect has a significantly small number of
Serbian and
Turkish loan words than the Macedonian dialects.
Phonological characteristics
*change of the nasal vowel /õ/ with /ɔ/;
*change of the vocal /lˌ/ and vocal /rˌ/;
*use of the consonant groups шт (št) and жд (žd);
*lose of the inter vocal /v/: глава (glava) > глаа (glaa; head).
Morphological characteristics
*use of the dative case for personal names: му рече Стојану (mu reče Stojanu; he told to Stojan);
*use of the diminutive: дете (dete) > детуле (detule; kid);
*use of the suffix -t for third person singular: тој зборува (toj zboruva) > тој зборуват (toj zboruvat; he talks);
*use of the preposition "v" and "vo" (in);
*linking of the prepositions or clitics with the verb: јас ќ’ода (jas ḱ'oda) instead of јас ќе одам (jas ḱe odam; I will go);
*losing of the suffix "-m" for first person singular: јас зборувам (jas zboruvam) > ја зборува (ja zboruva; I talk);
*use of "ja" instead "jas" (I);
*use of "su" instead "sum" (am): јас сум (jas sum) > ја су (ja su; I am).
Examples of the dialect
*''Omarno žeško sonce'' is a song that is written on Kičevo-Poreče dialect.
Омарно жешко сонце грејт
и никој на земата не смејт
очи да отворит, ура, ура.
И никој на земјата не смејт
очи да отворит, напред, напред.
Ја народ црнејт, таму на брего
и ноќта ангел јасно викаше:
„О, Боже, до кога и до Бога?“
и ноќта ангел јасно викаше:
„О, Боже, до кога и до Бога?“
Omarno žeško sonce grejt
i nikoj na zemjata ne smejt
oči da otvorit, ura, ura.
I nikoj na zemjata ne smejt
oči da otvorit, napred, napred.
Ja narod crnejt, tamu na brego
i noḱta angel jasno vikaše:
„O Bože, do koga i do Boga?“
i noḱta angel jasno vikaše:
„O Bože, do koga i do Boga?“
;Poreče dialect
A short story on Poreče dialect:
;Kičevo dialect
A short story on Kičevo dialect:
References
See also
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Macedonian language
Macedonian (; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around two million ...
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Macedonian dialects
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Dialects of the Macedonian language
Kičevo Municipality
Makedonski Brod Municipality