Morphological Characteristics
- use of the suffix -ој instead of -ови in plurals
- use of all three definite articles
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Dialects of Macedonian
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| Western |
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Central
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- Prilep-Bitola
- Kičevo-Poreče
- Skopje-Veles
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Western and
northwestern
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- Upper Polog
- Debar
- Drimkol-Golo Brdo
- Galičnik
- Reka
- Vevčani-Radožda
- Struga
- Ohrid
- Upper Prespa
- Lower Prespa
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| Northern |
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Eastern
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- Kumanovo
- Kratovo
- Kriva Palanka
- Ovče Pole
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Western
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- Skopska crna Gora
- Lower Polog
- Gora
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| Southeastern |
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Eastern
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- Štip - Kočani
- Strumica
- Tikveš-Mariovo
- Maleševo-Pirin
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Southeastern
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- Solun-Voden
- Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop
- Nestram-Kostenar
- Kostur
- Korča
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| Also considered a dialect of Bulgarian. Considered to be a part of the transitional Torlak dialect and as a subdialect of Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian.
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