Panagyurishte dialect explained

The Panagyurishte dialect is a Bulgarian dialect, which is part of the Balkan group of the Eastern Bulgarian dialects. Its range includes the town of Panagyurishte, as well as a number of neighbouring villages. The most significant feature of the dialect, as in all Balkan dialects, is the pronunciation of Old Church Slavonic ѣ (yat) as pronounced as /ʲa/ or pronounced as /ɛ/, depending on the character of the following syllable.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

• Transition of pronounced as /ʲu/ into i: клич vs. formal Bulgarian клʲyч
• Pronunciation of Old Church Slavonic groups ръ/рь and лъ/ль only as ър (pronounced as /ər/) and ъл (pronounced as /əl/) instead of formal Bulgarian ръ/ър (pronounced as /rə/~pronounced as /ər/) and лъ/ъл (pronounced as /lə/~pronounced as /əl/) - сълнце vs. formal Bulgarian слънце (sun), кърчма vs. formal Bulgarian кръчма (pub)
• Hard consonant endings, especially in verbs: молъ instead of formal Bulgarian мол҄ъ ^[1] (I ask)

Most of the other phonological and morphological characteristics of the Panagyurishte dialect are similar to the general features typical for all Balkan dialects, cf. article.

Sources

Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 2006 http://www.promacedonia.org/jchorb/st/st_2_b_izt_2.htm#panagjurski

References

1. The diacritic ◌҄ indicates palatalization.