Breznik dialect

The Breznik dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Transitional dialects, which is spoken in the region of Graovo in central western Bulgaria. It borders on the Tran dialect to the west and north, the Kyustendil dialect to the south and the Sofia dialect to the northeast and features characteristics typical for the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

* шч/дж (/) for Proto-Slavic /: ''лешча, меджу'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ' (lentils, between).
* Vocalic r and l for Old Bulgarian and instead of the combinations (/) and (/) in Standard Bulgarian - ' instead of ' (tree, tear). However, the reflex of is u before labial consonants (as in the Ihtiman dialect and the Samokov dialect): ' vs. formal Bulgarian ' (wool)
* Definite articles as in Standard Bulgarian
* Vowel -e instead of -x in the forms of past imperfect tense: ''биее'' vs. Standard Bulgarian ''биех'' (I was beating)
The dialect is dynamic and is well known for the shortening of the words.

For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Transitional dialects, cf. Transitional Bulgarian dialects.

Sources

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

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Dialects of the Bulgarian language