ORTOGRAFSKE I FONETSKO-FONOLOŠKE ODLIKE KUNOVSKOG ZAPISA
ORTOGRAPHIC AND PHONETIC-PHONOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KUNOVO INSCRIPTION

Summary/Abstract: In the scientific research the orthographic and phonetic-phonological analysis of Kunovski zapis (Kunovo inscription) is performed. The inscription dates from the turn of 15th/16th centuy and it is written in Bosnian Cyrillic. On the basis of orthographic and phonetic-pohonological features: the absence of ligature ⊦ɑ, ⊦є, the presence of ligature ю, writing sequence ja with the grapheme ѣ, sequences je with the grapheme є, lack of special symbols for noting palatalization where in the Bosnian editorial tradition graphemes ʌ and ɴ are marked as /ļ/ and /ń/, next to their real voice value. In the inscripiton it is also noticable following: substitution of consonant f with local p, which testifies the fact that this sound was unknown to most of the Bosnian speeches, semitones jer (ь) and jor (ъ) are equallized in favour of jer, which in a strong position becomes /a/. It can be said that monument confirms affiliation to the Bosnian tradition of the Old Slavonic language.Ijekavian reflex of jat in the Kunovski zapis (Kunovo inscription) reflects speech image which is characteristic for the dialectal base of the ground on which this monument was written. Inscription was found on the ground of Estern Bosnia, more precisely in the village Ječmište near Foča, at the location Vrela above the village Kunovo. It is, therefore, east Bosnian dialect which is caracterized by ijekavian substitution of jat.

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