Skopska Crna Gora dialect
The Skopska Crna Gora dialect is a member of the western subgroup of the northern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is spoken on small territory northern of Skopje on the hem and at the foot of the mountain Skopska Crna Gora. The name of the dialect is derived from the name of the mountain because there are no cities in that territory. The Skopska Crna Gora dialect is spoken in the villages: Kučkovo, Orman, Volkovo, Novo Selo, Brazda, Gluvo, Čučer, Gornjane, Banjane, Mirkovci, Kučevište, Pobožje, Brodec, Ljubanci, Ljuboten, Raštak, Gorno Orizari, Radišani, Bulačani, Cresevo and Stajkovci.Phonological characteristics
- use of A instead of E: трева / treva > трава / trava, орев / orev > орав / orav ;
- retained use of ъ Big Yer: лаже / laže > лъже / lăže ;
- use of U instead of the Old Church Slavonic letter ON: пат / pat > пут / put, внук / vnuk > унук / unuk.
Morphological characteristics
- use of the letter V between vowels: тоа / toa > това / tova
- palatal J before the letter E at the beginning of a word: јазик / jazik> језик / jezik, јаже > јуже ;
- the consonant group MN is replaced with the consonant group ML: многу / mnogu > млогу / mlogu ;
- use of the preposition U instead of the preposition VO: во град/ vo grad > у град / u grad
Typical words
There are many words which are typical of the Skopska Crna Gora dialect.
- равно / ravno instead of рамно / ramno
- овоа / ovoa instead of ова / ova
- плевна / plevna instead of племна / plemna
