Prizren–Timok dialect

The Prizren–Timok dialect (Serbo-Croatian: призренско–тимочки дијалект / prizrensko–timočki dijalekt) is the name given by Serbian linguists to classify transitional Torlakian dialects spoken in Eastern and South Serbia and Kosovo — 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)
  • Gora (горански / goranski)
• Svrljig–Zaplanje (сврљишко–заплањски / svrljiško–zaplanjski)
• Timok–Lužnica (тимочко–лужнички / timočko–lužnički)
  • Pirot (пиротски / pirotski)
  • Crna Trava (црнотравски / crnotravski)
  • Lužnica (лужнички / lužnički)

Further reading

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