The Ohrid dialect (, ''Ohridski dijalekt'') is a member of the western and north western subgroup of the western group of
dialects of the
Macedonian language
Macedonian ( ; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Sp ...
. The dialect is spoken in the region around the city
Ohrid,
North Macedonia
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up to the southern point of the
Ohrid Lake. Except in the city of
Ohrid, the dialect is spoken in the villages
Trpejca,
Peštani,
Elešec,
Velgoshti and many others smaller villages in that area. This dialect is known among the Macedonians as a dialect of extensive use of the suffix ''-t'' and to some extent shortening of the words. The Ohrid dialect is also part of the Macedonian literature, especially with the works of
Grigor Prličev with his ''Biography'', ''Skenderbeg'' and ''Serdarot''. The Ohrid dialect is closely related with the nearby city
Struga
Struga ( ; , sq-definite, Struga) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality.
Name
The name Struga ...
and
Upper Prespa dialects.
Phonological characteristics
*shortening of words: братучед / ''bratučed'' → брачед / ''bračed'' ('cousin');
*absence of intervocalic ;
*use of the consonant groups št and žd;
*use of the ''cu-'' instead of the consonant group ''cv-'': цвет / ''cvet'' → цут / ''cut'' ('flower').
Morphological characteristics
*use of the suffix ''-t'' for third-person singular;
*use of the preposition vo, v;
*loss of the suffix ''-m'' in first-person singular;
*use of dative forms;
*the
Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic ( ) is the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language and the oldest extant written Slavonic language attested in literary sources. It belongs to the South Slavic languages, South Slavic subgroup of the ...
is replaced by .
Examples of the dialect
"...Da vi kaža i drugo: Opisanata vo ''Armatolos'' Neda ne e druga ocvan majka, i nejzinoto snovidenie - majčino mi snovidenie. Tolku e verno oti majčinata ljubov pomaga i vo spisanijata..." - ''Autobiography by Grigor Prličev''
[стр.73 За македонската литература, Блаже Конески, Култура- Скопје 1967]
References
{{Macedonian dialects
Dialects of the Macedonian language
Culture in Ohrid
Ohrid Municipality