Sofia dialect
The Sofia dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Bulgarian dialects">Bulgarian language">Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in western part of the Sofia valley by part of the Shopi. Its immediate neighbours are the Vratsa dialect to the north, the Elin Pelin dialect to the east, the Transitional dialects to the west and the Samokov dialect to the south.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
- Vowel for Old Church Slavonic ѫ, ь and ъ, as in Standard Bulgarian: мъж, сън .
- Limited number of o reflexes of Old Church Slavonic ъ : in the suffix -ък, the prefixes въз and съ and the prepositions във, въз and със: сос него vs. Standard Bulgarian със него, напредок vs. Standard Bulgarian напредък
- щ/жд for Proto-Slavic ~ - леща, между, . The future tense particle, however, is че: че че'теме vs. Standard Bulgarian ще четем
- ръ and лъ for Old Church Slavonic groups ръ~рь and лъ~ль versus formal Bulgarian ръ~ър and лъ~ъл : дръво, слъза, instead of formal Bulgarian дърво, сълза, .
- Ending -м in 1st person sg. present tense for verbs of all conjugations: четем vs. formal Bulgarian чет'ъ
- Lack of ending -т in the forms for 3rd person pl. present tense: яда vs. formal Bulgarian ядът
- Personal pronouns for 3rd person он, она, оно, они, as in Old Bulgarian