Skopska Crna Gora dialect

The location of the Skopska Crna Gora dialect among the others Macedonian dialects

The Skopska Crna Gora dialect (Macedonian: Скопскоцрногорски дијалект, Skopskocrnogorski dijalekt) is a member of the western subgroup of the northern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is spoken on small territory northern of Skopje on the mountain Skopska Crna Gora. The name of the dialect is derived from the name of the mountain because there is no larger city in that territory. The Skopska Crna Gora dialect is spoken in the villages Kučevište, Čučer-Sandevo, Mirkovci and other smaller villages. Since this dialect is in the same group with the Lower Polog dialect, they share many similarities on morphological and phonological level.

Phonological characteristics

The phonological characteristics are nearer standard Serbian than Macedonian.

Morphological characteristics

Typical Words

There are many words which are typical of the Skopska Crna Gora dialect.[1]

References

  1. Академик Божидар Видоески, Говорот на Скопска Црногорија: МЈ, 1954, V, 1, стр.1-30; 2, стр. 109-196: 2 к
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