The Reka dialect ( mk, Рекански дијалект, ''Rekanski dijalekt'') is a member of the west and north-west 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 mainly spoken on the territory of the region
Reka in the north-western part of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
. The Reka dialect is very close with the
Galičnik
Galičnik ( mk, Галичник) is a mountain village in North Macedonia and along with Lazaropole is one of the two biggest and oldest Mijak villages in the region. Galičnik has well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphithe ...
and the
Debar
Debar ( mk, Дебaр ; Albanian: ''Dibër''/''Dibra'' or ''Dibra e Madhe;'' ) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, near the border with Albania, off the road from Struga to Gostivar. It is the seat of Debar Municipality. Debar has ...
dialects. This dialect contains a lot of archaic words.
Phonological characteristics
*High frequency of the consonant ''
f'' (ф)
*Low frequency of the consonant ''
dž'' (џ), replacing it with ''
ž'' (ж) or ''žd'' (жд)
*Use of ''o'' instead of ''a''
Morphological characteristics
*The end of the verbs from the ''a'' group are frequently pronounced as verbs from the ''e'' group (''играат'' > ''играет'')
*Use of the three articles
*Use of the suffix ''-т'' for the third person singular
*Use of the preposition ''во/в''
Notes
{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language