Nazwy pokrewieństwa w języku Turków z północno-wschodniej Bułgarii

In the age of globalization, hectic pace of life and losing the individual characteristics of communities is widespread. Therefore, it is necessary to record and analyse the language and culture which survive in the memory of the older generation or have been preserved in their daily lives. Turks living in the Balkans, who have flooded into this area in different historical periods, came under the process of slavization, but for centuries were an important part of the Ottoman Empire, which had impact on both their language and customs. This paper aims to present the vocabulary on kinship and names of family members preserved in this language (more precisely in the dialect of Milino village and the surrounding area). On the basis of this vocabulary, it is possible to investigate phonetic changes which have taken place in the Turkish language of Turks living in north-eastern Bulgaria. The fact that the terms of kinship have survived proves that the form of family life has not changed, despite the socio-cultural transformations.