Reka dialect

The Reka Dialect (brown color) on the map of Macedonian dialects.

The Reka dialect (Macedonian: Рекански дијалект, Rekanski dijalekt) is a member of the west and north-west subgroup of the western group of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is mainly spoken on the territory of the region Reka in north-western Macedonia. The Reka dialect is very close with the Galičnik and the Debar dialects. This dialect contains a lot of archaic words.

Phonological characteristics

High usage of the consonant /[f]/ (ф)
Low usage of the consonant /dž/ (Џ) - replacing it with ž (ж) or žd (жд)
Use of o instead of a

Morphological characteristics

The end of the verbs from a group are frequently pronounced as verbs from e group (играат > играет)
Use of the three articles
Use of the suffix -т for third person singular
Use of the preposition во/в

Notes

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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