The Samokov dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the

Southwestern Bulgarian dialects The Southwestern Bulgarian dialects are a group of Bulgarian dialects which are located west of the yat boundary and are part of the Western Bulgarian dialects. The range of the Southwestern dialects on the territory of Bulgaria includes most o ...

, which is spoken in the region of

Samokov Samokov ( ) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in Samokov Valley between the mountain ranges of Rila, Vitosha and Sredna Gora, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due ...

in central western Bulgaria. Its immediate neighbours are the Sofia dialect and Elin Pelin dialect to the north, the Ihtiman dialect to the east, the

Dupnitsa dialect The Dupnitsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Dupnitsa in central western Bulgaria. It is transitional between the Samokov dialect to the east and the Blagoevgrad-Pet ...

to the west and the

Razlog dialect The Razlog dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Rup dialects. Its range includes the valley of Razlog in southwestern Bulgaria and its immediate neighbours are the Rup Serres-Nevrokop dialect to the south, the Babyak dialect to the east, ...

to the south.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

* Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus), ь and ъ: ''маж'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''мъж'' (man), ''сан'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сън'' (sleep). * Limited number of o reflexes of Old Church Slavonic ъ in the suffix ''-ък'', the prefixes ''въз'' and ''съ'' and the prepositions ''във'', ''въз'' and ''със'': ''сос него'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''със него'' (with him), ''напредок'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''напредък'' (progress). * Limited number of u reflexes of yus: ''мука'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''мъка'' (sorrow) * Schwa () for Old Church Slavonic лъ/ль before non-labial consonants and u before labial consonants (as in the Ihtiman dialect): ''съза'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''сълза'' (tear), ''вуна'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''вълна'' (wool) * щ/жд (/) for Proto-Slavic / (as in Standard Bulgarian) - ''леща, между'' (lentils, between). The reflex in sevеral villages and partially in the town of Samokov is, however, шч , i.e. ''лешча'' * Presence of soft consonants at the end of the word * Single masculine definite article -o: ''гар'бо'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''гър'бът'' (the back). * Ending -м in verbs of all conjugations (as in the Sofia dialect): ''че'тем'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''чет'ъ'' (I read) For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Southwestern dialects, cf.

Sources

Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 200

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