Kriva Palanka dialect

Kriva Palanka dialect
Кривопаланечки дијалект Krivopalanečki dijalekt
Native to	North Macedonia
Region	Kriva Palanka
Native speakers	approx. 21,000[1]
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Eastern South Slavic Macedonian Kriva Palanka dialect
Writing system	Cyrillic (Macedonian alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Location of the Kriva Palanka dialect among other Macedonian dialects

	The Three Saints Menu 0:00 Excerpt of a story from Ginovci told in Kriva Palanka dialect
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The Kriva Palanka dialect (Macedonian: Кривопаланечки дијалект, Krivopalanečki dijalekt) is a member of the eastern subgroup of the northern group of dialects of Macedonian. This dialect is mainly spoken in the city of Kriva Palanka and surrounding villages.

Phonological characteristics[]

• use of A instead of E: трева / treva > трава / trava;
• use of the letter U instead of the letter A: рака / raka > рука / ruka (hand) , пат / pat > пут / put (road);

Morphological characteristics[]

• imperfective verbs are typically derived from perfective verbs by means of the suffix –ue (e.g. зборуе and текнуе)
• use of the preposition U (in).

Personal pronouns[]

Singular:

• Ја / ја (I)
• Ти / ti (you)
• Он / on (he)
• Она / ona (she)
• Оно / ono (it)

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