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. The group is located in the eastern and southeastern areas of

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. The group of Southeastern Macedonian dialects is divided into three subgroups: the eastern group, the southwestern group, and the southeastern group.

Dialects

Eastern group

* Tikveš-Mariovo dialect *

Štip-Strumica dialect The Strumica ( mk, Струмички дијалект, ''Strumicki dijalekt'') is a dialect of Macedonian. It is member of the center subgroup of the eastern group of the Macedonian dialects. This dialect is mainly spoken in the southeastern pa ...

Maleševo-Pirin dialect The term Maleševo-Pirin or Maleshevo-Pirin or Pirin-Maleshevo dialect is used in South Slavic linguistics to refer to a group of related varieties that are spoken on both sides of the border of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia. Some ...

Southwestern group

Nestram-Kostenar dialect 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 Nestori ...

Korča dialect Korča is a village in the municipality of Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the ...

Kostur dialect The Kostur dialect ( mk, Костурски дијалект, ''Kosturski dijalekt''), is a member of the Southwestern subgroup of the Southeastern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. This dialect is mainly spoken in and around the ...

Southeastern group

Solun-Voden dialect The Solun-Voden dialect, Lower Vardar dialect, or Kukush-Voden dialect is a South Slavic dialect spoken in parts of the Greek periphery of Central Macedonia, and the vicinity of Gevgelija and Dojran in the Republic of North Macedonia. It has be ...

Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect The Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect is a dialect currently treated both in the contexts of the southeastern group of Bulgarian dialects and the southeastern subgroup of dialects of the Macedonian. Prior to the codification of standard Mac ...

Based on the main

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separating the Bulgarian dialects into Eastern and Western -

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border, some of the Southeastern Macedonian dialects are classified as Eastern Bulgarian.Mladenov, Stefan. Geschichte der bulgarischen Sprache, Berlin, Leipzig, 1929, § 194, 209.

References

{{Macedonian dialects Dialects of the Macedonian language Dialects of the Bulgarian language