Kostur dialect in the context of "Slavic dialects of Greece"

⭐ In the context of Slavic dialects of Greece, how were these dialects generally categorized by linguists before World War II?

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⭐ Core Definition: Kostur dialect

The Kostur dialect (Macedonian: Костурски дијалект, Kosturski dijalekt) is a member of the Southwestern subgroup of the Southeastern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. This dialect is mainly spoken in and around the town of Kastoria, known locally in Macedonian as Kostur, and in the surrounding Korešta region, (Macedonian: Корешта; in the Kostur dialect: Korèshcha/Корèшча) which encompasses most of the area to the northwest of the town. The Kostur dialect is also partially spoken in Albania, most notably in Bilisht and the village of Vërnik (Vrabnik). The dialect is partially preserved among the ″people of Bulgarian origin in Mustafapaşa and Cemilköy, Turkey, descending from the village of Agios Antonios (Zhèrveni) in Kostur region (Aegean Macedonia)″.

The Kostur dialect shares strong similarities with the Nestram-Kostenar dialect and the Korča dialect. Bulgarian linguist Stoyko Stoykov regarded the Nestram dialect as a subgroup of the Kostur dialect, part of Bulgarian dialects. Other Bulgarian linguists also regard the dialect as a Bulgarian dialect.

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👉 Kostur dialect in the context of Slavic dialects of Greece

The Slavic dialects of Greece are the Eastern South Slavic dialects of Macedonian and Bulgarian spoken by minority groups in the regions of Macedonia and Thrace in northern Greece. Usually, dialects in Thrace are classified as Bulgarian, while the dialects in Macedonia are classified as Macedonian, with the exception of some eastern dialects which can also be classified as Bulgarian. Before World War II, most linguists considered all of these dialects to be Bulgarian dialects. However, other linguists opposed this view and considered Macedonian dialects as comprising an independent language distinct from both Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian.

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Kostur dialect in the context of Vambel

Moschochori (Greek: Μοσχοχώρι, before 1927: Βαμπέλι - Vampeli; Bulgarian: Въмбел Vambel; Macedonian: В'мбел V'mbeli) is a depopulated village in the community of Krystallopigi, Greece. Its population was 488 at the 1940 census and it spoke the Dolna Korèshcha variant of the Kostur dialect. Moschochori is located close to the Greek–Albanian border and is 50 km (31 mi) from Florina.

The church of St. Demetrius was built in 1871.

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Kostur dialect in the context of Agios Antonios, Kastoria

Agios Antonios (Greek: Άγιος Αντώνιος, before 1928: Ζέρβαινη – Zervaini; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Жервени, Zherveni or Žerveni) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

Zervaini (Zhèrveni) was inhabited by Slavic speaking Muslims and its villagers (called Zherventsi) had converted to Islam in 1800. Zervaini villagers spoke the same dialect of the wider Koresta region and only a few men could speak Turkish. After their religious conversion, intermarriage with surrounding Christian villages ceased and their spoken Slavic dialect diverged by keeping some archaic linguistic features lost in other villages and the emergence of new local forms.

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Kostur dialect in the context of Nestram-Kostenar dialect

The Nestram-Kostenar dialect (Macedonian: Нестрамско-Костенарски дијалект, Nestramsko-Kostenarski dijalekt) is a Macedonian Slavic dialect spoken in parts of northwestern Greece, in the area around the village of Nestorio (Nestram) and the area known as Kostenarija, which encompasses most of the Nestorio municipality as well as in the Akrites region. There are also speakers in the adjacent Devoll District of Albania.

The Nestram-Kostenar dialect shares strong similarities with the adjacent Kostur (Kastoria) and Korča/Gorica (Korçë) areas. Vidoeski (1991) classifies these dialects as members of a south-western subgroup of the southern group of Macedonian dialects. Stoykov (1962) in his work on Bulgarian dialectology describes them as subgroups of the Kostur dialect.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Slavic dialects of Greece ← Vambel ← Agios Antonios, Kastoria ← Nestram-Kostenar dialect
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Macedonian language → Southeastern Macedonian dialects → Dialects of the Macedonian language → Kastoria → Albania → Bilisht → Vërnik → Turkey → Agios Antonios, Kastoria → Aegean Macedonia → Nestram-Kostenar dialect → Bulgaria → Stoyko Stoykov → Bulgarian dialects →