Govor Gorana kod Konjica
The Speech of Gorani near Konjic

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to record and preserve in memory the unique linguistic treasure of one part of the Konjic municipality, more specifically the speech of the broader area of Gorani, that linguistically and territorially belongs to the part that has traditionally been called Klis. The paper has analyzed exclusively the speech of the local Bosniaks and has been the result of a decade-long recording of the lexicon and other linguistic features of the Gorani speech, produced by means of direct, spontaneous and directed conversations with the speakers.The peculiarities of the Gorani speech at the phonetic level are most obvious in one-syllable replacement of jat (djéte, sjȇno) and jekavian iotation (snjȇg, ljéha); secondary jekavian elements (djérat,vjȇr), as well as the consistent usage of ikavian words (nèdilja, kùdilja, sìkira); frequent usage of the ść/ś and źđ/ź groups(śćȃp/śȃp, ògnīśće/ògnjīśe, gvȏźđe/gvȏźe); the preservation of the sound h (hádet, herèza, zȍhōr), as well as the sound j in sequences dj (mèja, grȃja) and jd (dóji, póji). Morphologically important features include: infinitive without final -i (rádit, ȉć), imperative morpheme dȇr/dȇra (nȕdēra, dȅdēra, ùzmidēr), female names ending in -e (Fáte, Zláte) and -o (Šémso, Šéhro). The basic lexical feature of this speech is the preservation of a large number of Turcisms (àlčak, pàrmak, fȗrda) as well as the lexicon unique to this region (śućúrevica, gȏśica, ròvača, tàndrc, cȉba, lága, záli).

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