Prizren-Timok dialect

Map of Shtokavian sub-dialects, according to Pavle Ivić (1988 book). The Prizren-Timok dialects are shown in three colours in the southeastern corner.

The Prizren-Timok dialect (Serbian: Призренско-тимочки дијалект/Prizrensko-timočki dijalekt) is, from general Yugoslav and Serbian scholarly point of view, one of the dialects of Serbian (and Serbo-Croatian), commonly called "Old-Serbian" (старосрпски/starosrpski), spoken in southeastern Serbia. Due to overlapping characteristics, Serbian and Bulgarian linguists also recognise the Prizren-Timok dialect and the Transitional Bulgarian dialects as transitional, known as Torlak dialect. It has many sub-dialects(narečja), which may vary greatly in relation to each other.

Sub-dialects

• Prizren-South Morava (Призренско-јужноморавски/Prizrensko-južnomoravski)
  • Vranje (Vranjanski)^[1]
  • Gora (Нашински/Našinski)
• Svrljig-Zaplanje (Сврљишко-заплањски/Svrljiško-zaplanjski)
• Timok-Lužnica (Тимочко-лужнички/Timočko-lužnički)
  • Pirot (Pirotski)
  • Crna Trava (Црнотравски/Crnotravski)

References

1. Ethnologia Balkanica. 12. Lit Verlag. 2008. p. 157. The Vranje speech belongs to the Prizren-South Morava type in the Prizren-Timok dialect zone (Ivic 1985: 115-118)