Tran dialect
The Tran dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Bulgarian dialects|Transitional dialects], which is spoken in the regions of Tran and Godech in central western Bulgaria and in the Western Outlands. It borders on the Belogradchik dialect to the north, the Sofia dialect to the east and the Breznik dialect to the south.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
- The reflexes of Old Bulgarian ръ/рь and лъ/ль are either vocalic r and l or ър and лъ, depending on individual words and subdialects: крв but кърстът vs. Standard Bulgarian кръв, кръстът and жлт/жлът vs. Standard Bulgarian жълт
- Triple definite article : -ът, -та, -то, -те/та for general cases, -ъв, -ва, -во, -ве/ва for objects situated close to the speaker and -ън, -на, -но, -не/на for objects situated far from the speaker. The -ъв/-ън forms have now become obsolete
- Doubling of the definite article for feminine nouns ending on a consonant : памет->паметуту vs. Standard Bulgarian памет->паметта