The Dupnitsa 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 of ...
, which is spoken in the region of
Dupnitsa
Dupnitsa, or Dupnica ( bg, Дупница (previously ), ), is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is at the foot of the highest mountains in the Balkan Peninsula – the Rila Mountains, and about south of the capital Sofia. Dupnitsa is the second l ...
in central western Bulgaria. It is transitional between the
Samokov dialect
The Samokov dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Samokov in central western Bulgaria. Its immediate neighbours are the Sofia dialect and Elin Pelin dialect to the north, ...
to the east and the
Blagoevgrad-Petrich dialect to the south.
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
The Samokov dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Samokov in central western Bulgaria. Its immediate neighbours are the Sofia dialect and Elin Pelin dialect to the north, ...
): ''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.
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 of ...
.
Sources
Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 200
Стойков, Стойко: карт
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Dialects of the Bulgarian language
Dupnitsa