The Nestram-Kostenar dialect ( mk, Нестрамско-Костенарски дијалект, ''Nestramsko-Kostenarski dijalekt'') is a Macedonian Slavic dialect spoken in parts of northwestern Greece, in the area around the village of Nestorio (''Nestram'') and the area known as ''Kostenarija'', which encompasses most of the Nestorio municipality as well as in the Akrites region. There are also speakers in the adjacent

Devoll District Devoll (; sq-definite, Devolli) is a municipality in Korçë County, southeastern Albania. The municipality consists of the administrative units of Hoçisht, Miras, Progër and Qendër Bilisht with Bilisht constituting its seat. As of the In ...

of Albania. The Nestram-Kostenar dialect shares strong similarities with the adjacent Kostur (Kastoria) and Korča/Gorica (Korçë) areas. Vidoeski (1991) classifies these dialects as members of a south-western subgroup of the southern group of Macedonian dialects.Bozhidar Vidoeski (1991) Македонските дијалекти во Егејска Македонија: (Обид за класификација). Македонските дијалекти во Егејска Македонија: научен собир, Скопје 23-24 декември 1991. Скопје: МАНУ, 1994, стр. 23-60.

Stoykov Stoykov ( bg, Стойков; also appearing in the transliteration variants Stoikov, Stojkov, Stoikow or Stoykow) – with its female form Stoykova ( bg, Стойкова) – is a Bulgarian surname which is derived from the male given n ...

(1962) in his work on Bulgarian dialectology describes them as subgroups of the Kostur dialect.

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