Slovak dialects
Jindrich Toman
ptydepe at UMICH.EDU
Wed Jul 23 14:16:26 UTC 2008
The í/ej change of is quite common, although not 100% productive, after
fricative coronals s, z, c: síto/sejto, zítra/zejtra, cícha/cejcha.
Best, JT
On 23.7.2008 9:35, "David Powelstock" <pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU> wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> Are you quite sure about the Common Czech macrodialectical variant of vozík
> as vozejk? In my (limited) understanding and (limited) experience, the ý/ej
> alternation is not generally extended to í/ej.
>
> Cheers,
> David Powelstock
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dickins, Thomas
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:54 AM
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Slovak dialects
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> As part of some work I am doing on Czech attitudes to things Slovak
> (especially language issues), I have taken a sentence suggested by J. V.
> Neustupný & J. Nekvapil to illustrate Czech dialectal variation, Dej mouku
> ze mlýna na vozík, and sought to extend it eastwards. The schema below
> should give some indication of how the sentence changes (assuming that you
> can read it!), but I can also send individuals an attachment which provides
> a clearer overview, if required.
>
>
>
> I wonder whether any Slovak speakers can offer refinements (or know of
> anyone who might be able to offer refinements), bearing in mind that I don't
> want to over-complicate matters with too much localised variation. I would
> particularly like to hear suggestions for the basic dialectal forms used in
> Western Slovak (south-eastern area) and Central Slovak (southern area).
>
>
>
> All suggestions appreciated.
>
>
>
> CZECH REPUBLIC
>
> SLOVAKIA
>
> Codified varieties
>
> Standard Czech (spisovná cestina)
>
> Dej mouku ze mlýna na vozík
>
> Standard Slovak (spisovná slovencina)
>
> Daj múku z mlyna na vozík.
>
> Macrodialects
>
> Common Czech (obecná cestina)
>
> Dej mouku ze mlejna na vozejk
>
>
>
> Traditional dialects (and dialect groups)
>
> Bohemian*
>
> North-eastern, Central, South-western, Czech-Moravian
>
> Dej mouku ze mlejna na vozejk
>
> Western Slovak
>
> Northern
>
> Hodz (Daj?) múku z mlýna na vúz (vozík?).
>
> South-western
>
> Daj múku ze mlyna na vozík.
>
> South-eastern
>
> ???
>
> Central Moravian (Hanák)
>
> Dé móku ze mléna na vozék
>
> Central Slovak
>
> Northern
>
> Daj múku z mlyna na blahobyt (?).
>
> Southern
>
> ???
>
> Eastern Moravian
>
> Moravian-Slovak
>
> Daj múku ze mlýna na vozík
>
> Eastern Slovak
>
> South-western
>
> Daj múku z mlyna na vozík.
>
> Central
>
> Daj muku z mlina na vozik.
>
> Eastern
>
> Daj muku z mlina na vozik.
>
> Silesian
>
> Lachian-Silesian (Silesian-Moravian), Silesian-Polish Silesian-Moravian
>
> Daj muku ze mlyna na vozík
>
> Other groups
>
> Goral, Ukrainian, Hungarian area
>
> Not applicable?
>
> * In practice, Bohemian dialects are largely synonymous with common Czech,
> although parts of western and south-western Bohemia (including the city of
> Plzen and the west of the district of Práchensko) retain distinctive
> dialectal features.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Tom
>
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