Western Macedonian dialects

The Western Macedonian dialects are one of three groups of Macedonian. The group is located in the western and southwestern areas of North Macedonia and smaller parts in Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo, in Albania, and the Florina regional unit, in Greece. The group of Western Macedonian dialects is divided into two subgroups: the central group and the western and northwestern group.

Dialects

Central group

• Prilep-Bitola dialect
• Kičevo-Poreče dialect
• Skopje-Veles dialect

Western and northwestern group

• Gostivar dialect (Upper Polog dialect)
• Reka dialect
• Galičnik dialect (Small Reka dialect)
• Debar dialect
• Drimkol-Golo Brdo dialect
• Vevčani-Radožda dialect
• Struga dialect
• Ohrid dialect
• Upper Prespa dialect
• Lower Prespa dialect

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Dialects of Macedonian

Western

Central	Prilep-Bitola Kičevo-Poreče Skopje-Veles
Western and northwestern	Gostivar (Upper Polog) Debar Drimkol-Golo Brdo Galičnik (Small Reka) Reka Vevčani-Radožda Struga Ohrid Upper Prespa Lower Prespa

Northern

Eastern	Kumanovo2 Kratovo2 Kriva Palanka2 Ovče Pole
Western	Skopska Crna Gora Tetovo (Lower Polog)2 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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