Vevčani-Radožda dialect

The Vevčani-Radožda dialect ( _mk. Вевчанско-радошки дијалект, "Vevčansko-radoški dijalekt") is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects of the Macedonian language. [HENDRIK s, P. The Radozda-Vevcani Dialect of Macedonian: structure, texts, lexicon . The Peter de Ridder Press, 1976; 309pp] Because of the old and rich tradition that this region has and because of the Vevčani Carnival, many old words are present in everyday communication of the people. The Vevčani-Radοža dialect is the smallest dialect among the others dialects of the Macedonian language.

The dialect is spoken in the villages Radožda, Vevčani, Mali Vlai, Kališta, Višni, Gorna Belica, Zagračani, Oktisi, Labuništa, Boroec and in the surrounding villages of this region on the south of Republic of Macedonia. The dialects is also spoken in the villages of Lin, Piskupat, Polje in Albania and in the surrounding hinterland. The dialect is close with the Struga, Korča, and Ohrid dialects.

Phonological characteristic

*change of word-initial IPA|/tsv/ (цв-) to IPA|/tsu/ (цу): цвет → цут / "cvet" → "cut" ('flower')
*loss of intervocalic IPA|/v/ (в): половина → полојна / "polovina" → "polojna" ('a half')
*stress falls on the third syllable from the end of the word. [ str. 247 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001]
*use of the intervocalic "o" instead of "a"

Morphological characteristic

*use of the suffix -уле / "-ule": дете → детуле / "dete" → "detule" ('kid');
*use of the preposition в / во ('in'): во вода, в град / "vo voda", "v grad" ('in water', 'in city');
*use of the suffix -Т: тој пишит / "toj pišit" ('he writes');
*frequnt use of the perfect construction е дојден, беше дојден / "e dojden", "beše dojden" ('is come', 'was come' ). [ str. 248 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001]
*changing of the ("ќ") /"kj"/ to a ("шт") /"št"/ : гаќи /"gakji"/ → гашти /"gašti"/

Other specific characteristics

*change of the vocal R and vocal L;
*often use of the consonant groups шт (št) and жд (žd)
*using vocal groups such as: -ea-, -oa- .

Typical Words

*Пипун / "pipun" as opposed to диња/"dinja" - 'rockmelon'
*Риза / "riza" as opposed to крпа/"krpa" - 'towel'
*Кондури / "konduri" as opposed to чевли/"čevli" - 'shoes'
*Карпус /"karpus" as opposed to лубеница/"lubenica" - 'watermelon'
*Момиче /"momiče" as opposed to Мома/"moma" - 'girl'
*Иљачи/"Iljači" as opposed to Лекови/"Lekovi" - 'medicines'

References