Torlakian dialect

Torlakian
Native to	Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Kosovo, Romania
Native speakers	(undated figure of ca. 1.5 million)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Torlakian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist list	srp-tor
Glottolog	None
Areas where Torlakian dialects are spoken.
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Torlakian, or Torlak (Serbo-Croatian: Torlački/Торлачки, [tɔ̌rlaːt͡ʃkiː]; Bulgarian: Торлашки/Torlashki), is a group of South Slavic dialects of southeastern Serbia, southern Kosovo (Prizren), northeastern Republic of Macedonia (Kumanovo, Kratovo and Kriva Palanka dialects), western Bulgaria (Belogradchik–Godech–Tran-Breznik), which is intermediate between Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. According to UNESCO's list of endangered languages, Torlakian is vulnerable.

Some linguists classify it as an Old Shtokavian dialect or as a fourth dialect of Serbo-Croatian along with Shtokavian, Chakavian, and Kajkavian. Others classify it as a western Bulgarian dialect, in which case it is referred to as a Transitional Bulgarian dialect. Torlakian is not standardized, and its subdialects vary significantly in some features.