Galičnik dialect

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Dialect of Macedonian

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The Galičnik dialect (, Galički dijalekt) or Lower Reka dialect (, Malorekanski dijalekt) is a member of the subgroup of western and northwestern dialects of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken on a small territory on the mountain Bistra in the western part of North Macedonia. The dialect's name is derived from the biggest village in that area- Galičnik. Also, the dialect is spoken in many other small villages, including the village of Gari. The Galičnik dialect is closely related to the Reka dialect, spoken north-western of the Galičnik dialect. This dialect is well known in North Macedonia because of the archaic words that this dialect has. The dialect can be found in many historically important literary works in Macedonian literature. One of the most important is Ǵorǵija Puleski and his dictionary of three languages.

Phonological characteristics

  • Proto-Slavic *ǫ : *rǫka рока ('hand'), a shibboleth among Macedonian dialects;
  • Proto-Slavic syllabic *l̥ ~ ~ : *žl̥tъ ж`лт ~ ('yellow');
  • intervocalic Proto-Slavic *x /j/: *čekaxa чекаја (3P pl. of 'to wait');
  • merger of thematic е-group verbs to и-group verbs: јадет → јадит (3P sg. of 'to eat');
  • earlier cluster -шт- → -шч- : што → шчо (interr. pron. 'what');
  • /ʒ/ instead of /d͡ʒ/ in loanwords: Turkish cam жам ('windowpane'), and
  • mostly antepenultimate word stress.

Morphological characteristics

  • use of the suffix -ет for 3P pl. : ставает ('[they are] putting, placing'), јадет ('[they are] eating']), одет ('[they are] going');
  • use of the suffix -т for 3P sg. : стават ('[he/she/it is] putting, placing'), јадит ('[he/she/it is] eating'), одит ('[he/she/it is] going');
  • use of the immutable particle ќа with [conjugated] verbs to form future tenses: ќа одам ('I will go'), and
  • use of the preposition в(о) ('in, inside, to').

Examples of the dialect

Traditional song from Galičnik, that is sung on the holiday Vasilica:

:Сурова, сурова година; :Весела, весела година; :Жлт мајмун на леса;* :*Плна куќа коприна; :Живо-здраво, живо-здраво; :До година, до амина!

References

References

  1. str. 247 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
  2. стр.259 - 260 За македонскиот литературен јазик, Блаже Конески, Култура- Скопје 1967
  3. стр.259 За македонскиот литературен јазик, Блаже Конески, Култура- Скопје 1967

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