Upper Prespa dialect

The spread Upper-Prespa dialect

The location of the Upper Prespa dialect among the others Macedonian dialects

TheUpper Prespa dialect(Macedonian:Горнопреспански дијалект, Gornoprespanski dijalekt) is a member of the western subgroup of the western group ofdialectsofMacedonian.The dialect is spoken in the town ofResenand surrounding areas. The Upper Prespa dialect is very similar to theLower Prespa dialectand theOhrid dialect.

Morphological characteristics

• use of the suffix-ојinstead of-овиin plurals
• use of all three definite articles