Kyustendil dialect
The Kyustendil dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Bulgarian dialects">Bulgarian language">Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Kyustendil in central western Bulgaria. It borders on the Transitional dialects to the north, the Dupnitsa dialect to the east and the Blagoevgrad-Petrich dialect to the south. It is closely related to the Dupnitsa dialect.
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 : пупка vs. Standard Bulgarian пъпка
- Vowel o for Old Bulgarian ъ in suffixes and prefixes and most roots and a limited number of a reflexes in certain 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:
- Verb ending -м in verbs of the first and second conjugation: чет'ем vs. formal Bulgarian чет'ъ
- Adverbial participal on -ечки : играечки vs. formal Bulgarian играейки
- Еnding йe instead of formal Bulgarian и for multi-syllable masculine nouns
- Dynamic stress