Prizren–Timok dialect

Map of Shtokavian subdialects before 20th century migrations; Prizren-Timok subdialect area shown in brown, orange, and pink

The Prizren–Timok dialect (Serbian: призренско–тимочки дијалект / prizrensko–timočki dijalekt) is the name given by Serbian linguists to classify transitional Torlak dialects spoken in Southern Serbia and Kosovo – an area spanning from Prizren in the south to the Timok river in the north – as subdialects of Old-Shtokavian. Its eastern border, starting from Zaječar, roughly forms the border with Bulgaria.

Subdialects

References

  1. ↑ 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)

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