Upper Prespa dialect

The spread Upper-Prespa dialect

The location of the Upper Prespa dialect among the others Macedonian dialects

The Upper Prespa dialect (Macedonian: Горнопреспански дијалект, Gornoprespanski dijalekt) is a member of the western subgroup of the western group of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is spoken in the town of Resen and surrounding areas. The Upper Prespa dialect is very similar to the Lower Prespa dialect and the Ohrid dialect.

Morphological characteristics

use of the suffix -ој instead of -ови in plurals
use of all three definite articles

Dialects of Macedonian

Western

Central	Prilep-Bitola Kičevo-Poreče Skopje-Veles

Western and northwestern	Upper Polog Debar Drimkol-Golo Brdo Galičnik Reka Vevčani-Radožda Struga Ohrid Upper Prespa Lower Prespa

Northern

Eastern	Kumanovo² Kratovo² Kriva Palanka² Ovče Pole

Western	Skopska Crna Gora Lower Polog Gora²

Southeastern

Eastern	Štip - Kočani Strumica Tikveš-Mariovo Maleševo-Pirin¹

Southeastern	Solun-Voden¹ Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop¹ Nestram-Kostenar Kostur Korča

¹ Also considered a dialect of Bulgarian. ² Considered to be a part of the transitional Torlak dialect and as a subdialect of Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian.

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