The Vevčani-Radožda dialect ( mk, Вевчанско-радошки дијалект, ''Vevčansko-radoški dijalekt'') is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects of
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...
. Because of the old and rich tradition that this region has and because of the Vevčani Carnival, many old words are present in everyday communication of the people. The Vevčani-Radοžda dialect is the smallest dialect among the other
dialects of Macedonian.
The dialect is spoken in the villages of
Radožda
Radožda ( mk, Радожда ) is a village in the Struga municipality in the southwestern region of North Macedonia.
Geography
Radožda is situated on the western shore of the Ohrid Lake. It is south of the town Struga. It is from the Mace ...
,
Vevčani
Vevčani ( mk, ) is a village in North Macedonia. It is the only settlement and seat of Vevčani Municipality.
Geography
The village of Vevčani is found in the southwestern range at the foot of the Jablanica mountain range. It is situate ...
,
Mali Vlaj in the Republic of Macedonia and the village of
Lin
Lin or LIN may refer to:
People
*Lin (surname) (normally ), a Chinese surname
*Lin (surname) (normally 蔺), a Chinese surname
*Lin (The King of Fighters), Lin (''The King of Fighters''), Chinese assassin character
*Lin Chow Bang, character in Fat ...
in Albania. The dialect is close with the
Struga
Struga ( mk, Струга , sq, Strugë) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality.
Name
The n ...
,
Korča, and
Ohrid
Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...
dialects.
Phonological characteristic
*change of word-initial (цв-) to (цу): цвет → цут / ''cvet'' → ''cut'' 'flower'
*loss of intervocalic (в): половина → полојна / ''polovina'' → ''polojna'' 'half'
*stress falls on the third syllable from the end of the word.
*use of intervocalic ''o'' instead of ''a''
Morphological characteristic
*use of the suffix -уле / ''-ule'': дете → детуле / ''dete'' → ''detule'' 'kid';
*use of the preposition в / во 'in': во вода, в град / ''vo voda'', ''v grad'' 'in water', 'in city';
*use of the suffix -т: тој пишит / ''toj pišit'' 'he writes';
*frequent use of the perfect construction е дојден, беше дојден / ''e dojden'', ''beše dojden'' 'is come', 'was come'.
[p. 248 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S. Bojkovska, D. Pandev, L. Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž. Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001]
*change of (''ќ'') /''kj''/ to (''шт'') /''št''/ : гаќи /''gakji''/ → гашти /''gašti''/
Other specific characteristics
*change of the vocal R and vocal L;
*often use of the consonant groups шт (št) and жд (žd)
*using vocal groups such as: -ea-, -oa- .
Typical words
*Пипун/''pipun'' as opposed to диња/''dinja'' 'cantaloupe'
*Риза/''riza'' as opposed to крпа/''krpa'' 'towel'
*Карпуз/''karpuz'' as opposed to лубеница/''lubenica'' 'watermelon'
*Момиче/''momiče'' as opposed to мома/''moma'' 'girl'
*Иљачи/''iljači'' as opposed to лекови/''lekovi'' 'medicines'
*Гашти/''eašti'' as opposed to гаќи/''gaķi'' 'underwear'
*Кнок/''knok'' as opposed to слаб/''slab'' 'thin/skinny'
*Јаболце/''jabolce'' as opposed to капаче/''kapače'' 'kneecap'
*Фшинат/''fšinat'' as opposed to шинат/''šinat'' 'to sprain'
References
See also
The Radožda-Vevčani Dialect of Macedonian: Structure, Texts, Lexicon
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Dialects of the Macedonian language
Vevčani Municipality
Struga Municipality