Northern Macedonian dialects

The Northern Macedonian dialects are one of three groups of the Macedonian language. The group is located in the northern and northeastern areas of the Republic of Macedonia, surrounding the cities and towns of Skopje, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Kratovo, Kriva Palanka, and Sveti Nikole. The group of Northern Macedonian dialects is divided into two subgroups: the western group and the eastern group.

Dialects

Western group

Eastern group

Kumanovo dialect
Kratovo dialect
Kriva Palanka dialect
Ovče Pole 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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