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 Macedonian. 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.

Phonological characteristics

• High frequency of the consonant f (ф)
• Low frequency 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 the a group are frequently pronounced as verbs from the e group (играат > играет)
• Use of the three articles
• Use of the suffix -т for the third person singular
• Use of the preposition во/в

Notes

• v
• t
• e

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.