Western Macedonian dialects

The Western Macedonian dialects are one of three groups of the Macedonian language. The group is located in the western and southwestern areas of the Republic of 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

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

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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