Ihtiman dialect
The Ihtiman dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Bulgarian dialects">Bulgarian language">Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the regions of Ihtiman, Kostenets and Septemvri in central western Bulgaria. It is transitional between the Botevgrad and Samokov dialect.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
- Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ, ь and ъ: маж vs. formal Bulgarian мъж, сан vs. formal Bulgarian сън. o for Old Church Slavonic ъ exists only in the preposition and prefix въз
- Schwa for Old Church Slavonic лъ/ль before non-labial consonants and u before labial consonants : съза vs. formal Bulgarian сълза, вуна vs. formal Bulgarian вълна
- Lack of soft consonants at the end of the word
- The masculine definite article is -a, as in the Pirdop dialect: кра'ка
- Verb ending -a in verbs of the first and second conjugation: чет'а vs. formal Bulgarian чет'ъ
- Future tense particle is ше and ще
- Personal pronouns for 3rd person той, т҄а, то, те as in Standard Bulgarian