Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect
The Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect is a Bulgarian dialect spoken in the regions of Pleven, Byala Slatina and Kula in northwestern Bulgaria. The dialect is part of the Bulgarian dialects. The most significant feature of the dialect, as in all Western Bulgarian dialects, is the pronunciation of Old Church Slavonic ѣ only as instead of formal and Eastern Bulgarian я/е – бел/бели instead of бял/бели. Otherwise, the Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect bears strong resemblance to its neighbouring Eastern Bulgarian dialects and with some exceptions, mainly the pronunciation of yat, has the same phonological and morphological features as the neighbouring subdialects of the Eastern Bulgarian Central Balkan dialect.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
- Ending ' and slightly reduced a in the verbs of 1st and 2nd conjugation - мръ, пиша
- Future tense particle ще/ше as in Standard Bulgarian and the Central Balkan dialect - ще/ше ида
- Ending schwa ' in stressed syllables of female nouns - женˈъ, горˈъ
- Pronunciation of the little yus as - шъпа, жътва
- Participles ньега and гьа for 3rd person singular feminine agglomerative case instead of Standard Bulgarian нея/''я''