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Shopi (шопи, scientific transliteration šopi; singular шоп, šop, with various regional names also existing) is a regional term referring to the inhabitants of the region of Shopluk (Шоплук, Šopluk) located in central Western Bulgaria (around Sofia and the adjacent areas), but also to similar groups in central eastern Serbia (around Pirot) and the Republic of Macedonia (around Štip, Kratovo, Gevgelija and Strumica). Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Scientific transliteration, also called the International Scholarly System, is a system for Transliteration of text from the Cyrillic to the Latin The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Sofia (София ˈsɔfija is the Capital and largest city of the Republic of Bulgaria, with a population of 1395568 in the Capital Municipality Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Pirot ( Serbian Cyrillic: Пирот is a town and municipality located in Serbia at. The Republic of Macedonia (Република Štip (Штип) is the largest city in the eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. Kratovo may refer to Kratovo Republic of Macedonia, a town in the Republic of Macedonia Kratovo Russia, an urban-type settlement in Moscow Gevgelija (Гевгелија) is a town with a population of 15685 located in the very southeast of the Republic of Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River Strumica (Струмица) is a town situated in the south-east of the Republic of Macedonia (close to the Novo Selo-Petrich border crossing with Bulgaria In each country the members of the group are considered and self-declare as Bulgarians, Serbs and Macedonians respectively. This article is primarily about the Shopi of Bulgaria.
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Dialect
The Shopi of Bulgaria speak a group of related dialects that belong to the "et" (western) group of Bulgarian dialects. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Their location makes them one of two continuous transitional dialect groups which separate the eastern branch of south Slavic languages (Bulgarian/Macedonian) from the western branch (the modern forms of Serbo-Croat, and Slovenian). Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Macedonian () is the official Language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. The Serbo-Croatian language or Croato-Serbian language (cрпскохрватски језик srpskohrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic Diasystem Slovene or Slovenian ( slovenski jezik or slovenščina, not to be confused with Slovenčina) is a South Slavic language The adjoining dialects situated in Northern Macedonia and Southern Serbia are called Torlakian. Torlak ( Cyrillic: Торлачки говор Торлашки говор Latinic: Torlački govor) or simply Torlakian, is the name used The dialects spoken by the Shopi are sometimes collectively referred to as Shopski (Шопски), although this is not the accepted term in Bulgarian dialectology. [1] The groups that tend to be most closely associated with that term and to match the stereotypical idea of "Shopski" speech are the South-Western dialects and in particular, naturally, the dialects of Sofia and Elin Pelin, as these are closest to the capital. Elin Pelin (Елин Пелин previously known as Novoseltsi (Новоселци is a town in central western Bulgaria. They differ from standard Bulgarian through a number of characteristic features. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group
The exposition below is based on Stoyko Storykov's Bulgarian dialectology (2002, first ed. 1962) [1], although other examples are used. The Standard Bulgarian words and sentences are given in romanization, with no attempt at scientific transcription apart from stress marking. Romanization of Bulgarian is the Transliteration of text in the Bulgarian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet.
Features of Shopski shared by all or most western Bulgarian dialects
Phonology
- The variable known as /ja/ (променливо я), which corresponds to the Old Bulgarian yat vowel and is realised, in the standard language, as /ja/ or /'a/ (/a/ with palatalisation of the preceding consonant) in some positions and /e/ in others, is always pronounced /e/ in Shopski. italics. IPA is used to make sure that old Cyrillic is displayed properly Example: fresh milk in Shopski - presno mleko (пресно млеко) compared with standard Bulgarian - prjasno mljako (прясно мляко).
- The verbal endings for first person singular and third person plural have no palatalisation. Example: to sit in Shopski - seda, sedǎ (седа/седъ) but in standard Bulgarian, sedjǎ (седя)
- There is little or no reduction of unstressed vowels. Vowel reduction is the term in Phonetics that refers to various changes in the acoustic quality of Vowels which are related to changes in stress
- The personal pronoun for the first person singular is ja (я) instead of az (аз).
- The personal pronouns for the third person are masc. on (он), fem. ona (она); neut. ono (оно), pl. oni (они).
- Palatalized /k/ occurs in some cases where it is absent in the standard language. Palatalization or palatalisation (ˌpælətəlɨˈzeɪʃən generally refers to two phenomena As a process or the result of a process Examples: mother in Shopski is makja (макя) and in standard Bulgarian, majka (майка); Bankja (Банкя), the name of a town near Sofia, derived from Ban'-ka (Бань-ка), with a transfer of the palatal sound from /N/ to /K/.
Morphology
- The preposition (and prefix) "у" ("u") is used instead of "в" ("v"). Example: Shopski у градо (u grado) vs standard Bulgarian в града (v grada) (in town)
Features characteristic the South-West Bulgarian dialect group
Phonology
- In most (though not all) forms of Shopski, the stressed "ъ" (/ɤ/) sound of standard Bulgarian (which corresponds to Old Bulgarian big yus) or yer) is substituted with /a/ or /o/. The close-mid back unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages Its symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ɤ Little Yus and Big Yus, or Jus, are the letters representing two Common Slavonic Nasal vowels in the early Cyrillic and The letter Yer or Jer ( Ъ, ъ) of the Cyrillic alphabet is known as the hard sign (твёрдый знак znak in the modern Example: Shopski моя/мойо маж ме лаже (moja/mojo maž me laže), че одим навонка (če odim navonka) vs standard Bulgarian моят мъж ме лъже, ще ходя навън/ка) (mojǎt mǎz me lǎže, šte hodja navǎn/ka), (my husband is lying to me, I'll be going out)
Morphology
- Most often the definite article for masculine nouns is -о (-o) or -от (-ot) instead of -а (-a) or -ът (-ǎt). Example: Shopski отивам у градо (otivam u grado) vs standard Bulgarian отивам в града (otivam v grada) (I am going in town)
- The -ен, -йен/-en, -jen past passive participle ending is used much more extensively in the Shop dialect than in the standard language, which often has -т/-t instead. Example: Shopski умийен ( umijen, "washed"), убийен (ubijen, "killed"), открийен (otkrijen, "opened" or "discovered"), vs standard Bulgarian умит (umit), убит (ubit), открит (otkrit)
- In the past tenses (aorist and imperfect) and in the past participle the stress falls always on the ending and not on the stem. The imperfect tense, in the classical grammar of several Indo-European languages, denotes a Past tense with an Imperfective aspect. Example: Shopski гле'дах (gle'dah), гле'дал (gle'dal) vs standard Bulgarian 'гледах ('gledah), 'гледал ('gledal) ([I] was watching; [he, she, it] watched)
Features characteristic of the Sofia and Elin Pelin dialects
Morphology
- In the present tense for the first and second conjugation, the ending for the first person singular is often -м (-m) and for the plural is -ме (-me) instead of -а/я (-a/ja) and -м (-m), respectively, as in standard Bulgarian. Example: Shopski я седим, ние седиме (ja sedim, nie sedime) vs standard Bulgarian аз седя, ние седим (az sedja, nie sedim) (I am sitting, we are sitting)
- Most often the particle for the forming of the future tense is "че" (če) (Sofia dialect), ке (k'e) or "ше" (še) (Elin Pelin), instead of standard "ще" (šte). The form "še" is used in the more urbanized areas and is rather common in the colloquial speech of Sofia in general. Example: Shopski че одим/че (ше) ода (če odim/če (še) oda) vs standard Bulgarian ще ходя (šte hodja) (I will be going)
- Lack of past imperfect active participle, used to form the renarrative mood. Grammatical mood is one of a set of distinctive Verb forms that are used to signal modality. In other words in these dialects there are forms like дал (dal), писал (pisal), мислил (mislil), пил (pil) (past aorist active participles), but no дадял (dadyal), пишел (pishel), мислел (mislel), пиел (piel).
Other features
The /x/-sound is often omitted. Despite being particularly associated with Shopski, this is actually characteristic of most rural Bulgarian dialects. Example: Shopski леб (leb), одиа (odia) vs standard Bulgarian хляб (hljab), ходиха (hodiha) (bread, they went)
Vocabulary
There are plenty of typical words for the Shop dialect in particular, as well as for other western dialects in general. Some examples are:
| Shopski | standard Bulgarian | standard Serbian | standard Macedonian | English translation |
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| сакам, oчy, очем (sakam, oču, оčем) | искам (iskam) | хоћу (hoću) | сакам (sakam) | to want |
| чиним, правим, работим (činim, pravim, rabotim) | правя (pravja) | чиним (činim) | чинaм (činam), правам (pravam) | to do/make |
| прашам, питујем (prašam, pitujem) | питам (pitam) | питам (pitam) | прашувам (prašuvam) | to ask |
| чувам, пазим (čuvam, pazim) | пазя (pazja) | чувам (čuvam) | чувам (čuvam) | to keep, to upbring, raise (a child) |
| спи(й)ем, спим (spijem, spim) | спя (spja) | спавам (spavam) | спиjaм (spijam) | to sleep |
| тражим, дирим (tražim, dirim) | търся (tǎrsja) | тражим (tražim) | барам (baram) | to search |
| оти? за какво? за кво? що? (oti? za kakvo? za kvo? što?) | защо? (zašto?) | зашто? (zašto?) | зошто? (zošto?), оти? (oti?) | why? |
| окам, викам (okam, vikam) | викам (vikam) | вичем (vičem) | викам (vikam) | to shout |
| кошуля (košulja), rare - риза (riza) | риза (riza), | кошуља (košulja) | кошула (košula) | shirt |
| рипам (ripam) | скачам (skačam) | скачем (skačеm) | скокам (skokam), рипам (ripam) | to jump |
| зборуем (zboruem), зборувам (zboruvam), приказвам (prikazvam), оратим (oratim), говоря (govorja), вревим (vrevim), думам (dumam) | говоря (govorja), приказвам (prikazvam) | говорим (govorim), причам (pričam) | зборувам (zboruvam), говорам (govoram) | to speak |
| мачка (mačka) | котка (kotka) | мачка (mačka) | мачка (mačka) | cat |
Culture
The Shopi have a very original and characteristic folklore. The traditional male costume of the Shopi is white, while the female costumes are diverse. White male costumes are spread at the western Shopluk. The hats they were are also white and tall (called gugla) . Traditionally Shopi costume from the Kiustendil region are in black and they are called Chernodreshkovci - Blakcoats. That hat is low and black too. Embroidery is well developed as an art and is very conservative. Embroidery is the Art or Handicraft of decorating fabric or other Materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or Agriculture is the traditional main occupation, with cattle breeding coming second.
In terms of music, the Shopi have a complex folklore with the heroic epic playing an important part. An epic is a lengthy Narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation The Shopi are also known for playing particularly fast and intense versions of Bulgarian dances. Bulgarian folk dances are intimately related to the Music of Bulgaria. The rebec, kaval and bagpipe are popular instruments and two-part singing is common. The rebec (sometimes rebeck, and originally various other spellings is a bowed string Musical instrument. The kaval is a chromatic End-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag Minor second intervals are common in Shop music and are not considered dissonant.
The traditional Shop house that has a fireplace in the centre has only survived in some more remote villages, being displaced by the Middle Bulgarian type. The villages in the plains are larger, while those in the higher areas are somewhat straggling and have traditionally been inhabited by single families (zadruga). A zadruga ( Cyrillic: задруга refers to a type of rural community historically common among South Slavs. The unusually large share of placenames ending on -ovci, -enci and -jane evidence for the preservation of the zadruga until even after the 19th century. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar
Two very popular and well-known fоlklore groups are Poduenski Babi and Bistrishki Babi — the Grandmothers of Poduene and Bistritsa villages.
A famous dish in Bulgaria is Shopska salad, named after this ethnographic group. Shopska salad ( Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: Шопска салата Šopska salata; Czech: Šopský salát Albanian Salat
The Shopi in literature and anecdotes
The Shopi — especially those from near Sofia — have the widespread (and arguably unjustified) reputation of stubborn, selfish and slow people. There are lots of proverbs and anecdotes about them, more than about all other regional groups in Bulgaria.
A distinguished writer from the region is Elin Pelin who actually wrote some comic short stories and poems in the dialect. Elin Pelin (Елин Пелин ( July 8, 1877 – December 3, 1949) born Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov (Димитър Иванов
Anecdotes and proverbs
- От Искаро по-длибоко нема, от Витоша по-високо нема!. (Ot Iskaro po dliboko nema, ot Vitoša po-visoko nema. ) (There is nothing deeper than the Iskar River, and nothing higher than the Vitosha Mountain. The Iskar (Искър Latin: Oescus) is with a length of 368 km, the longest river that runs solely in Bulgaria, and a tributary of the Vitosha (Витоша is a Mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. )
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- On the one hand, it means that the Shopi refuse to acknowledge other countries' virtues; but on the other this is a clear example of their patriotism. Patriotism is commonly defined as love of and/or devotion to one's country
- Once a Shop went to the zoo and saw the giraffe. He watched it in amazement and finally said: Е, те такова животно нема! (E, te takova životno nema!) (There is no such animal!)
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- So even seeing the truth with his own eyes, he or she refuses to acknowledge it.
- Once a Shop went to the city, saw aromatic soaps on a stand and, thinking that they were something to eat, bought a piece. He began to eat it but soon his mouth was all foam. He said: Пеняви се, не пеняви, пари съм давал, че го ядем. (Penjavi se, ne se penjavi, pari sǎm daval, če go jadem) (Foam or not foam, it cost money, I shall eat it. )
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- When money is spent, even unpleasant things should be endured.
- How was the gorge of the Iskǎr River formed? As the story goes, in ancient times the Sofia Valley was a lake, surrounded with mountains. The Sofia Valley ( Bulgarian: Софийска котловина transliterated as Sofiyska kotlovina, or Софийско поле Sofiysko pole) is The ancient Shopi were fishermen. One day, while fishing with his boat one of them bowed in order to take his net out of the water. But the boat was floating towards the nearby rocks on the slope of the Balkan Mountains. The Balkan Mountain range ( Bulgarian and Стара планина Stara planina, "Old Mountain" Consequently the Shop hit his head on the rocks and the entire mountain split into two. The lake flew out and the gorge was formed.
- There is a saying throughout Bulgaria that the Shopi's heads are wooden (дървена шопска глава, dǎrvena šopska glava), meaning they are too stubborn. Interestingly, in Romania there is such saying about Bulgarians in general. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
- Once upon a time three Shopi climbed on top of the Vitosha Mountain. The Sofia Valley ( Bulgarian: Софийска котловина transliterated as Sofiyska kotlovina, or Софийско поле Sofiysko pole) is Vitosha (Витоша is a Mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. There was a thick fog in the valley so they thought it was cotton. They jumped down and perished.
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- This is to show three points of interest: the Shopi are not very smart after all; Vitosha must be really very high; and, as a serious point, the phenomenon, when Vitosha stands over low clouds shrowding the high plains and valleys of Western Bulgaria, is very common in winter and is called temperature inversion. In meteorology an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude
- Another example of the Shopi's stubbornness: Once, in plain summer, a Shop wore a very thick coat. When asked if it wasn't too hot, he answered: It's not because of the coat but because of the weather.
- The Shopi had a reputation of being good soldiers nevertheless there was a proverb: "A Shop will only fight if he can see the roof of his house from the battlefield", meaning he will only fight if he can see his personal interests in the fight. A proverb that wants to demonstrate the Shopi's selfishness.
- In other parts of Bulgaria all locals from Sofia are called, somewhat scornfully, "Shopi", although the majority of the city's population are not descendants of the real vernacular minority but of migrants from other regions.
- In addition, in other parts of Bulgaria there exists the use of the derisive form "Shopar" for Shop and "Shoparism" for untidy, outdated or primitive circumstances (which show some similarity to the employ of the term "Hillbilly" in the USA)
References
- ^ a b Стойков, С. (2002) Българска диалектология, 4-то издание. стр. 143, 186. Also available online
- Rodovo Nasledstvo ethnography section — article about the Shopi (Bulgarian). Retrieved on 2006-06-02. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
See also
Torlaks (Торлаци Torlaci is a name for Slavic inhabitants of south-eastern Serbia and northern Macedonia who speak the Torlakian dialect.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic