Prizren–Timok dialect explained
The Prizren–Timok dialect (Призренско–тимочки дијалекат|Prizrensko–timočki dijalekat|separator=" / ") is the name given by Serbian linguists to classify transitional Torlakian dialects spoken in Eastern and South Serbia and Kosovo — an area spanning from Prizren in the south to the Timok River in the north — as sub-dialects of Old-Shtokavian. Its eastern border, starting from Zaječar, roughly forms the border with Bulgaria.
Sub-dialects
- (Призренско–јужноморавски|Prizrensko–južnomoravski|separator=" / "|label=none)
- Vranje (Врањански|Vranjanski|separator=" / "|label=none)[1]
- Gora (Горански|Goranski|separator=" / "|label=none)
- (Сврљишко–заплањски|Svrljiško–zaplanjski|separator=" / "|label=none)
- (Тимочко–лужнички|Timočko–lužnički|separator=" / "|label=none)
- Pirot (Пиротски|Pirotski|separator=" / "|label=none)
- Crna Trava (Црнотравски|Crnotravski|separator=" / "|label=none)
- Lužnica (Лижнички|Lužnički|separator=" / "|label=none)
Further reading
- Динић, Јакша. Тимочки дијалекатски речник. Vol. 4. Ин-т за српски језик САНУ, 2008.
Notes and References
- Book: Ethnologia Balkanica. 12. 2008. Lit Verlag. 157. The Vranje speech belongs to the Prizren-South Morava type in the Prizren-Timok dialect zone (Ivic 1985: 115-118).