Prizren–Timok dialect - Language

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The Prizren–Timok dialect (Serbo-Croatian: Призренско–тимочки дијалекат / Prizrensko–timočki dijalekat) is the name given by Serbian linguists to a specific part of Shtokavian dialects, spoken in Eastern and South Serbia and Kosovo;[lower-alpha 1] an area spanning from Prizren in the south to the Timok River in the north. Its eastern border, starting from Zaječar, roughly forms the border with Bulgaria.

Sub-dialects

Prizren–South Morava (Призренско–јужноморавски / Prizrensko–južnomoravski)
- Vranje (Врањански / Vranjanski)[1]
- Gora (Горански / Goranski)
Svrljig–Zaplanje (Сврљишко–заплањски / Svrljiško–zaplanjski)
Timok–Lužnica (Тимочко–лужнички / Timočko–lužnički)
- Pirot (Пиротски / Pirotski)
- Crna Trava (Црнотравски / Crnotravski)
- Lužnica (Лижнички / Lužnički)

Notes

The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

References

Ethnologia Balkanica. Vol. 12. Lit Verlag. 2008. p. 157. The Vranje speech belongs to the Prizren-South Morava type in the Prizren-Timok dialect zone (Ivic 1985: 115-118)

Sub-dialects

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