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The Ohrid dialect (Ohridski dijalekt) is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language

The dialects of Macedonian comprise the Slavic dialects spoken in the Republic of Macedonia as well as some varieties spoken in the wider geographic region of Macedonia ....
 of the Macedonian language
Macedonian language

Macedonian is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Macedonian is closely related to and shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with the Bulgarian language, Serbian language, Bosnian language, and Croatian language languages....
. The dialect is spoken in the region around the city Ohrid
Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
 up to the southern point of the Ohrid Lake. Except in the city of Ohrid
Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
, the dialect is spoken in the villages Trpejca
Trpejca

Trpejca is a small village along the shore of the Ohrid Lake in the Republic of Macedonia. Traditionally a fishing village, it has recently become an exclusive vacation spot for the wealthier Macedonians....
, Peštani, Elešec and many others smaller villages in that area. This dialect is known among the Macedonians as a dialect of excessive use of the suffix -t and in some extend shortening of the words.






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The Ohrid dialect (Ohridski dijalekt) is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language

The dialects of Macedonian comprise the Slavic dialects spoken in the Republic of Macedonia as well as some varieties spoken in the wider geographic region of Macedonia ....
 of the Macedonian language
Macedonian language

Macedonian is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Macedonian is closely related to and shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with the Bulgarian language, Serbian language, Bosnian language, and Croatian language languages....
. The dialect is spoken in the region around the city Ohrid
Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
 up to the southern point of the Ohrid Lake. Except in the city of Ohrid
Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the country....
, the dialect is spoken in the villages Trpejca
Trpejca

Trpejca is a small village along the shore of the Ohrid Lake in the Republic of Macedonia. Traditionally a fishing village, it has recently become an exclusive vacation spot for the wealthier Macedonians....
, Peštani, Elešec and many others smaller villages in that area. This dialect is known among the Macedonians as a dialect of excessive use of the suffix -t and in some extend shortening of the words. The Ohrid dialect is also part of the Macedonian literature, especially with the works of Grigor Prlicev with his Biography, Skenderbeg and Serdarot. The Ohrid dialect is closely related with the Struga
Struga dialect

The Struga Dialect is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of Dialects of the Macedonian language of the Macedonian language....
 and Upper Prespa
Upper Prespa dialect

The Upper Prespa dialect is a member of the western subgroup of the western group of Dialects of the Macedonian language of the Macedonian language....
 dialects.

Phonological characteristics


  • shortening of words: ???????? / bratuced ? ?????? / braced ('cousin');
  • absence of intervocalic ;
  • use of the consonant groups št and žd;
  • use of the cu- instead of the consonant group cv-: ???? / cvet ? ??? / cut ('flower').


Morphological characteristics

  • use of the suffix -t for third person singular;
  • use of the preposition vo, v;
  • lose of the suffix -m in first person singular;
  • use of dative forms;
  • the Old Church Slavonic
    Old Church Slavonic

    Old Church Slavonic, also known as Old Bulgarian, or Old Macedonian, was the first literary Slavic language, based on the old Solun dialect of the Thessaloniki region by the 9th century Byzantine Greeks missionaries, Saints Cyril and Methodius, who used it for translation of the Bible and other Ancient Greek language ecclesiastica...
      is replaced by .


Examples of the dialect

"...Da vi kaža i drugo: Opisanata vo Armatolos Neda ne e druga ocvan majka, i nejzinoto snovidenie - majcino mi snovidenie. Tolku e verno oti majcinata ljubov pomaga i vo spisanijata..." - Autobiography by Grigor Prlicev