Kriva Palanka dialect explained

Kriva Palanka
Nativename:	Macedonian: Кривопаланечки дијалект
States:	North Macedonia
Region:	Kriva Palanka
Date:	2002
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	Indo-European
Fam2:	Balto-Slavic
Fam3:	Slavic
Fam4:	South Slavic
Fam5:	Eastern South Slavic
Fam6:	Macedonian
Script:	Cyrillic (Macedonian alphabet)
Map:	Macedonian Slavic dialects.png
Mapcaption:	Location of the Kriva Palanka dialect among other Macedonian dialects
Isoexception:	dialect
Ietf:	mk-u-sd-mk702
Glotto:	kriv1234
Glottorefname:	Kriva Palanka

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

Notes and References

1. As the number of speakers is unknown, this figure the population of the Kriva Palanka municipality.