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The main isogloss separating the Bulgarian dialects into Eastern and Western is the yat border, marking the different mutations of the Old Bulgarian yat form (ѣ, *ě), pronounced as either /ʲa/ or /ɛ/ to the east (byal, but plural beli in Balkan dialects, "white") and strictly as /ɛ/ to the west of it (bel, plural beli) throughout former ...
Map of the Bulgarian dialects within Bulgaria Strong reduction of unstressed broad vowels /a/ , /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ , which are usually transformed into /ə/ , /i/ and /u/ . In contrast, Standard Bulgarian allows only moderate reduction of /a/ and /ɔ/ and does not allow any reduction of /ɛ/ , i.e. the formal norm is a compromise between Eastern and ...
The regional dialects of Bulgarian and Macedonian form a dialect continuum, and there is no well-defined boundary where one language ends and the other begins. Within the limits of the Republic of North Macedonia a strong separate Macedonian identity has emerged since the Second World War, even though there still are a small number of citizens ...
The future tense particle is, however, different in the different dialects: ще, ше, че, к҄е, к҄у [2] Map of the Bulgarian dialects within Bulgaria. The reflex of Old Church Slavonic ѫ (yus) is generally a, with the exception of the Sofia dialect where it is ъ (ə): каща vs. formal Bulgarian къща (house)
The following is a table of distinctive phonological and grammatical features, comparing the values found in the Maleshevo and Blagoevgrad-Petrich dialects with Standard Bulgarian, Standard Macedonian and two neighbouring Western Bulgarian dialect areas. Some features in this table are also present in English.
On Bulgarian territory, the Transitional dialects occupy a narrow strip of land along the Bulgarian border with Serbia, including the regions of Tran, Breznik, Godech, Chiprovtsi and Belogradchik. They also cross the border to include the dialects or subdialects of the Bulgarian minority in the Western Outlands (the regions of Tsaribrod and ...
Map of the Bulgarian dialects within Bulgaria. Old Church Slavonic ѣ (yat) is always pronounced as ɛ instead of formal Bulgarian я/е (ʲa ~ ɛ) – бел/бели; Vocalic r and l for Old Church Slavonic ръ/рь and лъ/ль instead of the combinations ръ/ър (rə ~ ər) and лъ/ъл (lə ~ əl) in Standard Bulgarian - дрво, слза instead of дърво, сълза (tree, tear).
Map of the Bulgarian dialects within Bulgaria. Vowel change я/broad е (ʲa / æ) instead of formal Bulgarian я/е (ʲa / ɛ) for Old Church Slavonic ѣ – (бял/б æ ли instead of бял/бели). As a result of the influence of the Balkan dialects, the broad e (æ) has now been almost universally replaced by (ɛ)