Spoken MacedonianКонески, Б. „За македонскиот литературен јазик“, стр. 132. () is the spoken variety of the standard Macedonian language. Spoken Macedonian can also refer to the spoken, colloquial

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of a local

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. This code is typical of the speech of the Macedonian diaspora, especially of the descendants of those who went abroad prior to the codification of the

standard language A standard language (or standard variety, standard dialect, standardized dialect or simply standard) is any language variety that has undergone substantial codification in its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features and that stands ...

in the 1940s, ethnic Macedonians in the wider region of

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, and

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areas of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. Spoken Macedonian is more inclusive of foreign elements that have become obsolete in the written standard.

References

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