Balkan Slavic linguistic area

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The '''Balkan Slavic dialects''' form the south-eastern part of the [[South Slavic]] [[dialect continuum]], which in general encompasses [[Serbo Croatian language]], the [[Bulgarian language]] and the [[Macedonian language]]. This area consists of the Bulgarian and the Macedonian languages and the south-eastern dialects of the [[Serbian language]], the so-called [[Prizren-Timok dialect]], among which, the last is part of the broader [[Torlakian dialects]]. The '''Balkan Slavic''' is also part of the [[Balkan Sprachbund]]. The external boundaries of the Balkan Slavic area can be defined with the help of some structural features. Among the most important of them are: the loss of the [[infinitive]], the loss of case declension, and the use of enclitic [[definite articles]].<ref>Jouko Lindstedt, Conflicting Nationalist Discourses in the Balkan Slavic Language Area in The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic Languages, Identities and Borders with editors: Tomasz Kamusella, Motoki Nomachi and Catherine Gibson; Palgrave Macmillan; 2016; ISBN 978-1-137-34838-8; pp. 429-447.</ref> During the 19th century, the Balkan Slavic dialects were often described as forming the ''[[Bulgarian language]]''.<ref>Friedman V A (2006), Balkans as a Linguistic Area. In: Keith Brown, (Editor-inChief) Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, Second Edition, volume 1, pp. 657-
672. Oxford: Elsevier.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Languages of the Balkans]]
*[[Bulgarian Millet]]

==References==



[[Category:Languages of the Balkans]]
[[Category:South Slavic languages]]
[[Category:Serbian dialects]]
[[Category:Dialects of the Macedonian language]]
[[Category:Dialects of the Bulgarian language]]

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