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

• Lower Polog dialect
• Skopska Crna Gora dialect
• Našinski

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.