Dialects of the Bulgarian language

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect, Solun-Voden dialect, Torlakian dialect, Male¿evo-Pirin dialect, Bulgarian dialects, Rup dialects, Meshterski, Transitional Bulgarian dialects, Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, Smolyan dialect, Razlog dialect, Paulician dialect, Subbalkan dialect, Teteven dialect, Balkan dialects of Bulgarian, Chepino dialect, Central Balkan dialect, Kyustendil dialect, Moesian dialects, Northwestern Bulgarian dialects, Dupnitsa dialect, Pirdop dialect, Shumen dialect, Erkech dialect, Sofia dialect, Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo dialect, Zlatograd dialect, Botevgrad dialect, Hvoyna dialect, Samokov dialect, Babyak dialect, Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect, Ihtiman dialect, Elin Pelin dialect, Vidin-Lom dialect, Strandzha dialect, Tran dialect, Breznik dialect, Panagyurishte dialect, Belogradchik dialect, Thracian dialect, Vratsa dialect. Excerpt: The Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect is a transitional South Slavic dialect which belongs to both the southeastern group of Bulgarian language, and the southeastern subgroup of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is dynamic and is well known for the shortening of the words, and also characterised by the excessive use of for the Proto-Slavic yat even in cases where Standard Bulgarian has , a feature which is typical for a number of dialects spoken in southern and southwestern Bulgaria (e.g. the Thracian dialect). The Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect is closely related with the neighbouring dialects, including with other eastern Bulgarian dialects and also with the Male¿evo-Pirin, Strumica and Solun-Voden dialects of Macedonian/Bulgarian. Yat borderThe Serres-Nevrokop dialect is treated both in the contexts of Bulgarian and Macedonian dialectology. As described in the section about its range, the vast majority of its speakers identify as Bulgarians. In the context of Bulgarian dialectology, the dialect is situated East of the Yat boundary and thus is considered to belong to the Eastern Bulgarian dialects, more exactly to the Rup subgroup The previous range of the dialect included vast areas of northeastern Greece, in what is today known as Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. However, considering the mass migration towards Bulgaria in the period from 1912 to 1926, it is unclear to what extent, and if at all, the dialect is preserved in Greece. The only certain region where it is currently spoken is the southeastern quarter of Pirin Macedonia, i.e. in the town of Gotse Delchev and the surrounding municipalities. The Serres-Nevrokop dialect has all main features (cf. table) typical for the Eastern Bulgarian dialects, including ¿/¿ (/) reflexes of Old Church Slavonic , ¿/¿¿ (/) reflexes of Proto-Slavic /, ¿ () reflex of Old Church Slavonic (yus) and ¿, ¿¿ ()/¿¿ () reflexes of Old Church Slavonic ¿¿/¿¿ and ¿¿/¿¿, retention of h in the stem, strong vowel reductio