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