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TheThracian dialect is a dialect of theBulgarian language, member of theRup or Southeastern Bulgarian dialects. The present range of the dialect includes the regions ofHaskovo,Parvomay,Elhovo,Harmanli,Svilengrad,Topolovgrad andIvaylovgrad. In the past, the dialect was spoken on a much larger territory and extended far down intoEastern andWestern Thrace, now inTurkey andGreece, respectively. Following theBalkan wars, the Bulgarian population there was forced to flee toBulgaria, settling mostly in the regions ofBurgas andHaskovo,Yambol andPlovdiv.

• Lack of consonants дж/dʒ/ and дз/dz//ʒ/ and/z/ are pronounced instead: жам vs. джам ('windowpane')
• Disappearance of/t/ from the consonant group/str/: сесра vs. formal Bulgarian сестра ('sister')
• Personal pronouns нега vs. formal Bulgarian него ('him') and хми vs. formal Bulgarian им
• Future tense particles жъ, шъ, зъ in the northern subdialect and ке in the southern subdialect vs. formal Bulgarian ще

For other phonological and morphological characteristics that are typical for all Rup dialects, seeRup dialects.

Стойков, Стойко: Българска диалектология, Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов", 2006[1]

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