Razlog dialect

Phonological and morphological characteristics

• Broad e for Old Bulgarian yat in a stressed syllable and ordinary e in an unstressed syllable : бл/бли vs. formal Bulgarian бял/бели but деца as in Standard Bulgarian.
• Broad e for Old Bulgarian я in all positions : вун vs. formal Bulgarian воня
• Vowel a for Old Bulgarian big yus ѫ and back yer ъ : зап vs. Standard Bulgarian зъп, даж'до vs. Standard Bulgarian дъж'дът
• Schwa for Old Church Slavonic лъ/ль : съза vs. formal Bulgarian сълза
• Moderate vowel reduction, as in the rest of the Rup dialects and Standard Bulgarian
• The masculine definite article is о and у as in the Moesian dialects, compared to formal Bulgarian –ът/ъ. However, after a historically soft consonant, the article is e : дене vs. formal Bulgarian ден'ъ, коне vs. formal Bulgarian кон'ъ. The masculine definite article for adjectives is -йъ as in Standard Bulgarian: гулмийъ
• Dynamic stress : маж/ма'же vs. formal Bulgarian мъж/мъ'жъ
• Lack of ending -т in the forms for 3rd person pl. present tense: яда vs. formal Bulgarian ядът

Noteworthy

• The first grammatical treatise of Modern Bulgarian published by Serbian scholar Vuk Karadzic in 1822 is based on the grammatical and morphological characteristics of the Ralog dialect
• The first full grammar of Modern Bulgarian published by Bulgarian scholar Neofit Rilski in 1835 is also based on the grammatical and morphological characteristics of the Ralog dialect