Debar dialect

The Debar dialect on the map of the Macedonian dialects

The Debar dialect (Macedonian: Дебарски дијалект, Debarski dijalekt) is a member of the subgroup of the western and north-western dialects of the western group of dialects of Macedonian.[1] The dialect is mainly spoken in the city of Debar and the surrounding areas in North Macedonia.[2] The Debar dialect is closed with the Reka dialect and the dialect of Galicnik. In the dialect are used a lot of archaic words.

  1. ^ Vidoeski, Božo (2005). Dialects of Macedonian. Slavica. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0-89357-315-7.
  2. ^ Конески, Блаже; Видоески, Божо (1983). A Historical Phonology of the Macedonian Language. C. Winter, Universitätsverlag. pp. 121–123. ISBN 978-3-533-03120-8.