Govorʺt na bʺlgarite v Rakhovet︠s︡, prizrensko
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The work is a study of the dialect in the town of Rahovets, Republic of Kosovo — a small town located about 20 km northwest of Prizren. In the region, the locals are known at "Bugarski" ot "Bulgari" because of the history of their historical affiliation to Bulgaria, for which there are different views. Their speech is also known as "Bulgarian" or "Bugarishtja". According to the Serbian linguists, dialects in Kosovo are presented as part of the Serbian language. In separate publications in Kosovo, Rahovets' traditional speech is defined as mixed and special emphasis is places on elements of Albania, Turkish and Persian in it. The study presented here provide historical information about the settlement and the ancestral character of the Bulgarian populaiotn in the Prizren Region. When describing the language system, special attention is paid to the evidence of the manifestation of the typical features of the Bulgarian language.