Dupnitsa dialect
The Dupnitsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Bulgarian dialects">Bulgarian language">Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Dupnitsa in central western Bulgaria. It is transitional between the Samokov dialect to the east and the Blagoevgrad-Petrich dialect to the south.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
- щ/жд for Proto-Slavic / - леща, между. The future tense particle, however, is че: че че'темe vs. Standard Bulgarian ще четем
- Vowel a for Old Bulgarian ѫ : маж vs. formal Bulgarian мъж. Limited number of u reflexes of yus : мука vs. Standard Bulgarian мъка
- 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, бочва vs. Standard Bulgarian бъчва but вашка vs. Standard Bulgarian въшка
- Vocalic r for Old Bulgarian ръ/рь instead of the combination ръ/ър in Standard Bulgarian - дрво instead of дърво.
- The reflex of Old Bulgarian лъ/ль is:
- Preserved consonant х in all positions, except the beginning of the word: чух, оди
- Verb ending -м in verbs of the first and second conjugation: чет'ем vs. formal Bulgarian чет'ъ
- Adverbial participle on -ейки/айки : играейки
- Dynamic stress