Reka dialect
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 the north-western part of North Macedonia. The Reka dialect is very close with the Galičnik and the Debar dialects. This dialect contains a lot of archaic words.
The Reka dialect (brown color) on the map of Macedonian dialects.
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
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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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