Kriva Palanka dialect
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| Kriva Palanka dialect | |
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| Кривопаланечки дијалект Krivopalanečki dijalekt |
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| Spoken in | Republic of Macedonia |
| Region | Kriva Palanka |
| Native speakers | approx. 21,000[1] (date missing) |
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Indo-European
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| Writing system | Cyrillic (Macedonian alphabet) |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
Location of the Kriva Palanka dialect among other Macedonian dialects
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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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[edit] 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);
[edit] 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).
[edit] Personal Pronouns
Singular:
- Ја / ја (I)
- Ти / ti (you)
- Он / on (he)
- Она / ona (she)
- Оно / ono (it)
[edit] References
- ^ As the precise number of speakers is unknown, this figure is based on the total population of the Kriva Palanka municipality.
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