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Prizren Timok dialect

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Prizren-Timok dialect

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)
  • Gora (Нашински/Našinski)
  • Svrljig-Zaplanje (Сврљишко-заплањски/Svrljiško-zaplanjski)
  • Timok-Lužnica (Тимочко-лужнички/Timočko-lužnički)
  • Pirot (Pirotski)
  • Crna Trava (Црнотравски/Crnotravski)
  • References

    Prizren-Timok dialect Wikipedia