Vratsa dialect

The Vratsa dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, member of the Southwestern Bulgarian dialects, which is spoken in the region of Vratsa in northwestern Bulgaria. The Vratsa dialect borders on the transitional Belogradchik dialect to the west, the Northwestern Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect to the north and east, the Botevgrad dialect to the southeast and the Sofia dialect to the south.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus), ь and ъ: маж vs. formal Bulgarian мъж (man), сан vs. formal Bulgarian сън (sleep)
Plural dative personal pronoun мг҄и ^[1] vs. formal Bulgarian им (them)": дайте мг҄и (Give them)

For other phonological and morphological characteristics typical for all Southwestern dialects, cf. Southwestern Bulgarian dialects.

Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 2006

Moesian	Shumen

Balkan	Central Balkan Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo Panagyurishte Pirdop Teteven Erkech Subbalkan

Rup	Strandzha Thracian Smolyan Hvoyna Chepino Paulician Zlatograd Babyak Razlog Serres-Nevrokop¹

Northwestern	Byala Slatina-Pleven Vidin-Lom

Southwestern	Botevgrad Vratsa Ihtiman Elin Pelin Sofia Samokov Dupnitsa Kyustendil Maleshevo-Pirin¹ Solun-Kukush¹

Transitional	Tran Breznik Belogradchik

¹ Also considered a dialect of Macedonian.

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