Pirot dialect area
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The Pirot dialect area is a regional variety of the Torlakian transitional dialects spoken around the town of Pirot in southeastern Serbia, exhibiting features between Serbian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Torlakian dialect
ⓘ
dialect area ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Serbian dialects
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Torlakian transitional dialects ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Pirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Serbia ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Serbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Torlakian morphology
ⓘ
Torlakian phonology ⓘ features intermediate between Eastern and Western South Slavic ⓘ mixed Serbian-Bulgarian-Macedonian features ⓘ reduction of case inflection compared to standard Serbian ⓘ use of analytic constructions similar to Bulgarian and Macedonian ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | simplified case system ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringDialectArea |
Niš dialect area
ⓘ
Prizren–Timok dialect area NERFINISHED ⓘ Shopluk dialect area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | vowel and consonant patterns typical of Torlakian ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
non-standard variety
ⓘ
regional speech ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
analytic verb constructions
ⓘ
increased use of prepositions instead of cases ⓘ |
| hasType | vernacular speech ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bulgarian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macedonian ⓘ standard Serbian ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | transitional dialect zone between national standards ⓘ |
| languageFamily | South Slavic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticAreaType | contact zone between Serbian and Bulgarian dialects ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southeastern Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
South Slavic dialect continuum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Torlakian dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Balkan linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Pirot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pirot District NERFINISHED ⓘ villages around Pirot ⓘ |
| standardLanguage | Serbian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Slavic linguistics
ⓘ
dialectology ⓘ |
| transitionalBetween |
Bulgarian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macedonian NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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