The Strandzha dialect is a dialect of the
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian (, ; bg, label=none, български, bălgarski, ) is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeastern Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians.
Along with the closely related Macedonian l ...
, member of the
Rup or Southeastern Bulgarian dialects. The present range of the dialect includes the Bulgarian part of
Strandzha. In the past, the dialect was spoken on a much larger territory and extended far down into
Eastern Thrace
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
*Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
*Eastern Air Li ...
, now in
Turkey
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. Following the
Balkan wars, the Bulgarian population there was forced to flee to
Bulgaria
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, settling mostly in the regions of
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a pop ...
and
Varna
Varna may refer to:
Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria
**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
in eastern
Bulgaria
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.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
* Existence of long soft consonants л , н , к and г : ''сиренн҄е''
[The diacritic ◌҄ indicates palatalization.] vs. formal Bulgarian ''сирене'' (cheese)
* Transition of soft t and d into soft k and g (also typical for the
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo dialect
The Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, which is part of the Balkan group of the Eastern Bulgarian dialects. Its range includes the eastern parts of the Balkan Mountains, i.e. the regions of Dryanovo, Kotel and Elena). As a resu ...
, cf. article): ''вжг҄и'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''вежди'' (eyebrows)
* The masculine definite article is -ът after a hard syllable and -ет after a soft syllable: ''гърбът'', ''мъжет'' vs. formal Bulgarian ''гърбът'', ''мъжът'' (the back, the man)
* A number of lexical peculiarities, e.g. ''потон'' vs. common Bulgarian ''под'' (floor)
For other phonological and morphological characteristics that are typical for all Rup dialects, cf.
article
Article often refers to:
* Article (grammar), a grammatical element used to indicate definiteness or indefiniteness
* Article (publishing), a piece of nonfictional prose that is an independent part of a publication
Article may also refer to:
G ...
.
Sources
Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 200
References
{{Bulgarian dialects
Dialects of the Bulgarian language