Prizren–Timok dialect

The Prizren–Timok dialect (Serbo-Croatian: Призренско–тимочки дијалекат / Prizrensko–timočki dijalekat) is the name given by Serbian linguists to classify transitional Torlakian dialects spoken in Eastern and South Serbia and Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] — an area spanning from Prizren in the south to the Timok River in the north — as sub-dialects of Old-Shtokavian. Its eastern border, starting from Zaječar, roughly forms the border with Bulgaria.

Map of Shtokavian sub-dialects, according to Pavle Ivić (1988 book). The Prizren-Timok dialects are shown in three colours in the southeastern corner.

Sub-dialects
  • Prizren–South Morava (Призренско–јужноморавски / Prizrensko–južnomoravski)
    • Vranje (Врањански / Vranjanski)[1]
    • Gora (Горански / Goranski)
  • Svrljig–Zaplanje (Сврљишко–заплањски / Svrljiško–zaplanjski)
  • Timok–Lužnica (Тимочко–лужнички / Timočko–lužnički)
    • Pirot (Пиротски / Pirotski)
    • Crna Trava (Црнотравски / Crnotravski)
    • Lužnica (Лижнички / Lužnički)

Notes
  1. The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

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)

Further reading
  • Динић, Јакша. Тимочки дијалекатски речник. Vol. 4. Ин-т за српски језик САНУ, 2008.
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