GOVOR BOŠNJAKA SREBRENICE
SPEECH OF BOSNIAKS FROM SREBRENICA

Summary/Abstract: The speech of Bosniaks from Srebrenica is interesting on account of several reasons. One of them is the question of long at substitution. The second reason is its topicality, along with the question of its vitality and survival, considering the genocide, displacement and reduced number of native speakers. The third one is the question of its dialectal affiliation. All these aspects are united by the fact that this speech is unexplored. In literature about dialects of Bosnia and Herzegovina there are some disagreements about the dialectal affiliation of Srebrenica’s speech.This paper explores some the most significant features of the speech of Srebrenica’s Bosniaks and compares them with the features of Ijekavian-Šćakavian (East Bosnian) dialect and contiguous (South-) East Bosnian speech type of East Bosnian dialect. It is shown that these speeches are similar based on a number of features, but they also have some differential features. Thus the existing borders between two BosnianHerzegovinian dialects presented in literature should not be considered completely reliable.

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