Macedonian Greek
A Greek dialect spoken mainly in northern Greece, in particular Macedonia, Thrace and Thessaly. It is fully intelligible with other Greek dialects. The dialect is usually referred as Makedonika (Greek: Μακεδονικά, Translation: Macedonian) or Makedonitika (Greek: Μακεδονίτικα, Translation:Macedonitic).
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