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Kriva Palanka dialect

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Native to
  
Republic of Macedonia

Glottolog
  
None

Region
  
Kriva Palanka

Kriva Palanka dialect

Native speakers
  
approx. 21,000 (date missing)

Language family
  
Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Eastern South Slavic Macedonian language Kriva Palanka dialect

Writing system
  
Cyrillic (Macedonian alphabet)

The Kriva Palanka dialect (Macedonian: Кривопаланечки дијалект, Krivopalanečki dijalekt) is a member of the eastern subgroup of the northern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. This dialect is spoken mainly in the city of Kriva Palanka and surrounding villages.

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Phonological characteristics

  • use of A instead of E: трева / treva > трава / trava;
  • use of the letter U instead of the letter A: рака / raka > рука / ruka (hand) , пат / pat > пут / put (road);

    • Morphological characteristics

  • imperfective verbs are typically derived from perfective verbs by means of the suffix –ue (e.g. зборуе and текнуе)
  • use of the preposition U (in).

    • Personal pronouns

    Singular:

  • Ја / ја (I)
  • Ти / ti (you)
  • Он / on (he)
  • Она / ona (she)
  • Оно / ono (it)

    • References

    Kriva Palanka dialect Wikipedia
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