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A Few Words on the Interaction of Skopje Turkish Dialects with Measured Turkish
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Elifnur Yıldız YalçındağKırklareli University
Synopsis
Dialect studies examine the differences in the geography where a writ-ten language is used. At the same time, dialects carry the archaic features of langu-ages up to the present. In line with this, languages’ sound and morphological ele-ments should be recorded before the dialects are lost. Dialects in standard Turkish are distinct in terms of sound, morphology, and vocabulary. With the advancement of technology, people can communicate with different societies and receive news from the world through social media. At the same time, languages interact more easily with one another. Due to these reasons, dialects will lose their features after a certain pe-riod and gain practically the same phonetic and morphological features as the stan-dard language. This article was produced from my doctoral dissertation titled “Turkish Dialects in the Center and Surroundings of Skopje (Review-Texts-Dictionary),”which I defended on January 27, 2022. Skopje Turkish Dialects are included in the Western Rumeli dialects, a branch of Turkey’s Turkish. Skopje Turkish dialects show their cha-racteristic features intensely these days. In addition, the effect of standard Turkish is also revealed in the texts I deciphered in my dissertation, such as the effect of Turkish TV series broadcast on Turkish channels on Macedonian televisions, Turkish-speaking people in Skopje who’ve lived in Turkey for a long time, as well as the frequent visits of some people living in Skopje to their relatives in Turkey. As a result of these reasons, Skopje Turkish dialects also interact with standard Turkish. This article deals with the issues in standard Turkish that affect Skopje Turkish dialects in terms of morphology. Standard Turkish will gain greater prevalence in Skopje Turkish dialects over time, and as a result, the characteristic features of these dialects will gradually decrease.
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Publication TypeChapter
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Volume
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Pages215-238
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PublishedJune 7, 2025
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Series PositionProceedings 03
Bela, B. (Ed.). (2025). A Few Words on the Interaction of Skopje Turkish Dialects with Measured Turkish. In 2nd Balkan Studies Congress Proceedings: Vol. Proceedings 03 (pp. 215-238). Idefe Publications. https://doi.org/10.5331/