The Skopska Crna Gora dialect ( mk, Скопскоцрногорски дијалект, ) is a member of the western subgroup of the
northern group of
dialects of Macedonian
The dialects of Macedonian comprise the Slavic dialects spoken in the Republic of North Macedonia as well as some varieties spoken in the wider geographic region of Macedonia. They are part of the dialect continuum of South Slavic languages that ...
. The dialect is spoken in a small territory north of
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
on the hem and at the foot of the mountain
Skopska Crna Gora
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. The name of the dialect is derived from the name of the mountain . The Skopska Crna Gora dialect is spoken in the villages:
Kučkovo,
Orman,
Volkovo,
Novo Selo,
Brazda,
Gluvo,
Čučer,
Gornjane,
Banjane,
Mirkovci,
Kučevište
Kučevište ( mk, Кучевиште) is the largest village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3,167 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Ma ...
,
Pobožje,
Brodec,
Ljubanci,
Ljuboten
Ljuboten (Serbian and mk, ) or Luboten (in Albanian) is a peak of the Šar Mountains located on the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia. Its elevation is .
Ljuboten, although not the highest peak of the range, is somewhat isolated fr ...
,
Raštak,
Gorno Orizari,
Radišani,
Bulačani,
Cresevo and
Stajkovci.
Phonological characteristics
*use of A instead of E: / > / ('grass'), / > / ('nut');
*retained use of
ъ Big
Yer
A yer is either of two letters in Cyrillic alphabets, ъ (ѥръ, ''jerŭ'') and ь (ѥрь, ''jerĭ''). The Glagolitic alphabet used, as respective counterparts, the letters (Ⱏ) and (Ⱐ). They originally represented phonemically the "ult ...
: / > / ('lie');
*use of U instead of the Old Church Slavonic letter ON: / > / ('road'), / > / ('nephew').
Morphological characteristics
*use of the letter V between vowels: / > / ('that')
*palatal J before the letter E at the beginning of a word: / > / ('tongue'), > ('rope');
*the consonant group MN is replaced with the consonant group ML: / > / ('too much');
*use of the preposition U instead of the preposition VO: / > / ('in city')
Typical words
There are many words which are typical of the Skopska Crna Gora dialect.
[Академик Божидар Видоески, Говорот на Скопска Црногорија: МЈ, 1954, V, 1, стр.1-30; 2, стр. 109-196: 2 к]
*/ instead of / ('flat')
*/ instead of / ('this')
*/ instead of /
References
{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language
Čučer-Sandevo Municipality