Eastern Bulgarian dialects
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Eastern Bulgarian dialects are a group of regional varieties of Bulgarian spoken in the eastern part of Bulgaria, distinguished by specific phonological and grammatical features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Bulgarian dialects canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bulgarian dialect group
ⓘ
Eastern South Slavic dialect group ⓘ |
| basisOf |
morphological system of Standard Bulgarian
ⓘ
phonological system of Standard Bulgarian ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Western Bulgarian dialects ⓘ |
| country | Bulgaria ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
lexical differences from Western Bulgarian dialects
ⓘ
reflex of Old Bulgarian yat vowel ⓘ specific stress patterns in some subdialects ⓘ |
| documentedIn | dialect atlases of the Bulgarian language ⓘ |
| geographicBoundary |
approximate isogloss line near the city of Lovech
ⓘ
approximate isogloss line near the city of Pleven ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
analytic verb forms
ⓘ
loss of case inflection except in pronouns ⓘ rich system of verbal aspect ⓘ three-way definite article system in many subdialects ⓘ use of clitic doubling in some subdialects ⓘ use of evidential verb forms similar to standard Bulgarian ⓘ use of postposed definite article ⓘ use of prepositions instead of case endings ⓘ use of short and long definite articles in masculine singular nouns in many subdialects ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
/e/ reflex of Old Bulgarian yat in unstressed syllables in many subdialects
ⓘ
palatalization of some consonants before front vowels ⓘ predominantly /ʲa/ reflex of Old Bulgarian yat in stressed syllables ⓘ reduction of unstressed vowels ⓘ yat fronting ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Balkan dialects of Bulgarian
ⓘ
Moesian dialects of Bulgarian ⓘ Rup dialects of Bulgarian ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | developed from Eastern Old Bulgarian dialects ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bulgarian language
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Bulgarian
|
| languageBranch | Slavic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| languageGroup | South Slavic languages ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup | Eastern South Slavic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Bulgarian language ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Moesia
ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ eastern Bulgaria ⓘ parts of the Balkan Mountains region ⓘ |
| status | primarily spoken varieties ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Bulgarian dialectology ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Bulgarian language dialects ⓘ |
| usedBy | ethnic Bulgarians ⓘ |
| usedIn |
informal communication
ⓘ
local folklore ⓘ regional literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script (when written) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.