Southeastern Macedonian dialects

The Southeastern Macedonian dialects are one of three groups of the Macedonian language. The group is located in the eastern and southeastern areas of the Republic of Macedonia, surrounding the cities of Štip, Strumica, and Delčevo. The group also includes Blagoevgrad Province, or Pirin Macedonia, in Bulgaria, and Macedonia, or Aegean Macedonia, Greece. The group of Southeastern Macedonian dialects is divided into three subgroups: the eastern group, the southwestern group, and the southeastern group. According to the Bulgarian linguists these dialects are a part of the Bulgarian language.^[1][2][3]

Dialects

Eastern group

• Tikveš-Mariovo dialect
• Štip-Strumica dialect
• Maleševo-Pirin dialect^[4]

Southwestern group

• Nestram-Kostenar dialect
• Korča dialect
• Kostur dialect

Southeastern group

• Solun-Voden dialect^[5]
• Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect^[6]

References

1. Mladenov, Stefan. Geschichte der bulgarischen Sprache, Berlin, Leipzig, 1929, § 213
2. Стойков, Стойко. Българска диалектология, София 2002, с. 170-186
3. Селищев, Афанасий. Избранные труды, Москва 1968, с. 580-582
4. A comparative historical analysis of nominal accentuation in archaic (Maleševo) and transitional (Nivičino) Eastern Macedonian dialects," in Proceedings of the Third North American-Macedonian Conference on Macedonian Studies. Indiana Slavic Studies 10:135-151. 1999
5. str. 249- 252 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
6. str. 249- 252 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001