Reka dialect
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Dialects of the Macedonian language
The dialects of Macedonian comprise the Slavic dialects spoken in the Republic of Macedonia as well as some varieties spoken in the wider geographic region of Macedonia. They exist as part of the dialect continuum of South Slavic languages that joins the Macedonian language with Bulgarian to the...
of the Macedonian language
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
. 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
Galicnik dialect
The Galičnik dialect or Mala Reka dialect is a member of the subgroup of western and north western dialects of the western group of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is spoken on small territory on the mountain Bistra in western part of the Republic of Macedonia. The name of the...
and the Debar
Debar dialect
The Debar dialect is a member of the subgroup of the western and north-western dialects of the western group of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is mainly spoken in the city of Debar and the surrounding areas in Macedonia. The Debar dialect is closed with the Reka dialect and the...
dialects. This dialect contains a lot of archaic words.
Phonological characteristics
- High usage of the consonant /[f]/ (ф)
- Low usage of the consonant /džDžDž is the seventh letter of the Croatian and Bosnian alphabets, and the Latin forms of Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian, after D and before Đ. It is pronounced . Dž is a digraph that corresponds to the letter Dzhe of the Cyrillic alphabet used for writing the Serbian, Montenegrin and...
/ (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