Upper Prespa dialect

The Upper Prespa dialect (Macedonian: Горнопреспански дијалект, Gornoprespanski dijalekt) is a member of the western subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in the town of Resen and surrounding areas. The Upper Prespa dialect is very similar to the Lower Prespa dialect and the Ohrid dialect.

Morphological characteristics

• use of the suffix -ој instead of -ови in plurals
• use of all three definite articles^{[clarification needed]}

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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.