The Northern Macedonian dialects are one of three groups of
Macedonian. The group is located in the northern and northeastern areas of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
, surrounding the cities and towns of
Tetovo
Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, , sq, Tetovë/Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, w ...
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Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Sk ...
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Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the largest municipality in the country. Kumanovo lies above sea level and is surrounded by the K ...
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Kratovo,
Kriva Palanka
Kriva Palanka ( mk, Крива Паланка ) is a town located in the northeastern part of North Macedonia. It has 14,558 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has almost 21,000 inhabitants.
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Sveti Nikole
Sveti Nikole ( mk, Свети Николе ; meaning ''Saint Nicholas''; rup, San Nicole) is a town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Sveti Nikole Municipality and a center of a plain called Ovče Pole (''Plain of sheep''), famous for sheep ...
. The group of Northern Macedonian dialects is divided into two subgroups: the western group and the eastern group.
Dialects
Western group
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Tetovo dialect
The Tetovo dialect ( mk, Тетовски дијалект, ''Tetovski dijalekt'') is a member of the western subgroup of the northern group of dialects of Macedonian. It is considered part of the transitional Torlakian dialects. It is spoken b ...
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Skopska Crna Gora dialect
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Gora dialect
Eastern group
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Kumanovo dialect
The Kumanovo dialect ( mk, Кумановски дијалект, ''Kumanovski dijalekt'') is a member of the eastern subgroup of the Northern group of dialects of Macedonian. It belongs to the so-called Prizren-Timok dialects, also known as Torlak ...
*Kratovo dialect
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Kriva Palanka dialect
*Ovče Pole dialect
{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language