Macedonian Language - Dialects

Dialects

Dialect divisions of Macedonian
Northern
Lower Polog Crna Gora Kumanovo / Kratovo
Western
Central Upper Polog Reka Mala Reka / Galičnik Debar Drimkol / Golo Brdo Vevčani / Radοžda Upper Prespa / Ohrid Lower Prespa
Eastern
Mariovo / Tikveš Štip / Strumica Maleševo / Pirin
Southern
Korča Kostur Nestram Solun / Voden Ser / Drama

Based on a large group of features, Macedonian dialects can be divided into Eastern and Western groups (the boundary runs approximately from Skopje and Skopska Crna Gora along the rivers Vardar and Crna). In addition, a more detailed classification can be based on the modern reflexes of the Proto-Slavic reduced vowels (yers), vocalic sonorants, and the back nasal *ǫ. That classification distinguishes between the following 5 groups:

Western Dialects:

  • Ohrid-Prespa Group
    • Ohrid dialect
    • Struga dialect
    • Vevčani-Radοžda dialect
    • Upper Prespa dialect
    • Lower Prespa dialect.
  • Debar Group
    • Debar dialect
    • Reka dialect
    • Drimkol-Golo Brdo dialect
    • Galičnik dialect
    • Skopska Crna Gora dialect
    • Gora dialect
  • Polog Group
    • Upper Polog dialect
    • Lower Polog dialect
    • Prilep-Bitola dialect
    • Kičevo-Poreče dialect
    • Skopje-Veles dialect
  • Kostur-Korča Group
    • Korča dialect
    • Kostur dialect
    • Nestram-Kostenar dialect

Eastern Dialects:

  • Northern Group
    • Kumanovo dialect
    • Kratovo dialect
    • Kriva Palanka dialect
    • Ovče Pole dialect
  • Eastern Group
    • Štip - Kočani dialect
    • Strumica dialect
    • Tikveš-Mariovo dialect
    • Maleševo-Pirin dialect
    • Solun-Voden dialect
    • Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect.

The Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect and Maleševo-Pirin dialect are also considered to be Bulgarian dialects.

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