THE PRESERVATION OF THE BULGARIAN DIALECTS IN KOSOVO - PERSPECTIVES AND PROBLEMS Cover Image

ЗАПАЗВАНЕТО НА БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ ГОВОРИ В КОСОВО – ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ И ПРОБЛЕМИ
THE PRESERVATION OF THE BULGARIAN DIALECTS IN KOSOVO - PERSPECTIVES AND PROBLEMS

Author(s): Luchia Antonova-Vasileva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: Bulgarian dialectology; phonetics; morphology; Bulgarian language training

Summary/Abstract: In the region of Prizren, South Kosovo, there are still dialects that in their basic peculiarities are connected with the Bulgarian language continuum. The history of the region makes it evident that, in terms of the organization of the economic and cultural life, it was connected with the extreme northwestern Bulgarian dialects. The Bulgarian dialects in the region of Prizren are spread in the Gora area, in the directly connected Jupa area as well as in other settlements such as Rahovets, Dzhakovitsa district. Their phonetic system reveals features that are typical of the extreme northwestern Bulgarian dialects such as the reflex of the back nasal vowel u: zup, put as well as some traits typical of the Bulgarian dialects – pronunciation like słdovi, kъdè, etc. Other characteristically Bulgarian peculiarities are that the dialect has developed an analytical system of grammatical change of nouns and adjectives, the use of the post positive definite article, the absence of infinitive in the verbal system, etc. It is remarkable that these features have survived to this day, despite the teaching of the Serbian literary language. After the Kososvo declaration of independence, Bosnian language training has been introduced because of the neighborhood with the Republic of Bosnia. TV emissions of the Macedonian regional norm are also broadcast. Bulgarian is taught only in summer courses for prospective students. Creating conditions for the systematic study of the Bulgarian language would help to preserve local dialects and national traditions.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 54-64
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian