Botevgrad dialect

Phonological and morphological characteristics

• Vowel a for Old Church Slavonic ѫ, ь and ъ: маж vs. formal Bulgarian мъж, сан vs. formal Bulgarian сън. However, Old Church Slavonic ъ has resulted in o in the prepositions and prefixes във and въз: вов водата vs. formal Bulgarian във водата. The schwa is usually pronounced only in Turkish words, e.g. бакър
• Vocalic r and l for Old Church Slavonic ръ/рь and лъ/ль instead of the combinations ръ/ър and лъ/ъл in Standard Bulgarian - дрво, слза instead of дърво, сълза.
• Lack of iotation between two vowels: копаа vs. formal Bulgarian копая
• The masculine definite article is -a, as in the Pirdop dialect: кра'ка
• Verb ending -a instead of formal Bulgarian -ъ in verbs of the first and second conjugation: чет'а vs. formal Bulgarian чет'ъ
• Future tense particle is ща for 1st person and ще for all other persons
• Personal pronouns for 3rd person той, т҄а, то, тиа