The Upper Prespa dialect ( mk, Горнопреспански дијалект, Gornoprespanski dijalekt) is a member of the western subgroup of the western group of
dialects
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ...
of
Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in the town of
Resen and surrounding areas. The Upper Prespa dialect is very similar to the
Lower Prespa dialect
The Lower Prespa dialect ( mk, Долнoпреспански дијалект, ''Dolnoprespanski dijalekt''), is a member of the western subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. This dialect is mainly spoken on the Eastern shore ...
and the
Ohrid dialect
The Ohrid dialect ( mk, Охридски дијалект, ''Ohridski dijalekt'') is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects of the Macedonian language. The dialect is spoken in the region around the cit ...
.
Morphological characteristics
*use of the suffix ''-ој'' instead of ''-ови'' in plurals
*use of all three definite articles
{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language
Resen Municipality