TheByala Slatina-Pleven dialect is aBulgarian dialect spoken in the regions ofPleven,Byala Slatina andKula in northwesternBulgaria. The dialect is part of theNorthwestern Bulgarian dialects. The most significant feature of the dialect, as in allWestern Bulgarian dialects, is the pronunciation of Old Church Slavonic ѣ (yat) only asɛ instead of formal and Eastern Bulgarian я/е (ʲa~ɛ) –бел/бели instead of бял/бели. Otherwise, the Byala Slatina-Pleven dialect bears strong resemblance to its neighbouringEastern Bulgarian dialects and with some exceptions, mainly the pronunciation ofyat, has the same phonological and morphological features as the neighbouring subdialects of the Eastern BulgarianCentral Balkan dialect.[1]
Most other phonological and morphological characteristics of the dialect are the same as the general features typical for allNorthwestern Bulgarian dialects (cf. article for details).[1]