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 language 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 Kriva Palanka dialect (Macedonian: Кривопаланечки дијалект, Krivopalanečki dijalekt) is a member of the eastern subgroup of the northern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. This dialect is spoken mainly 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)

References

As the precise number of speakers is unknown, this figure is based on the total population of the Kriva Palanka municipality.

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[speakers-1] As the precise number of speakers is unknown, this figure is based on the total population of the Kriva Palanka municipality.