Greetings, I am new to this forum therefore I do not know if this is the right place to puts this topic, but here goes!
I am a student of the (Slavic) Macedonian language.
I discovered online (Wikipedia) that there is multiple dialects and some of the dialects pronounce things differently.
I am also struggling with the two consonants:
Ќ ќ (kj) pronounced /c/, but I cannot for the life of me hear the difference between Ч ч /tʃ/.
and
Ѓ ѓ (gj) is pronounced /ɟ/, but can't hear the difference between Џ џ /dʒ/.
I found this page on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialects_of_Macedonian) and at the section: 'Variation in Consonants' there is two images.
and
I am wondering if this means I could pronounce the tricky consonants: 'Ќ' and 'Ѓ' as the pronunciations below and still be understood.
Gora:
č /tʃ/ and dj /dʒ/
('dj' represents /dʒ/ in Macedonian transliteration)
or
Pirin:
št /ʃt/ and žd /ʒd/
or
Korçë:
šč /ʃtʃ/ and ždž /ʒdʒ/
If there are any Macedonian (or other) speakers here that could help please answer.
Thanks in advance, Vulkos Regs.