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<p>The <b>Upper Prespa dialect</b> (<a href="Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a>: <span lang="mk">Горнопреспански дијалект, Gornoprespanski dijalekt</span>) is a member of the western subgroup of the western group of <a href="Dialects_of_the_Macedonian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialects of the Macedonian language">dialects</a> of <a href="Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a>. The dialect is spoken in the town of <a href="Resen_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Resen (town)">Resen</a> and surrounding areas. The Upper Prespa dialect is very similar to the <a href="Lower_Prespa_dialect" title="Lower Prespa dialect">Lower Prespa dialect</a> and the <a href="Ohrid_dialect" title="Ohrid dialect">Ohrid dialect</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Morphological_characteristics">Morphological characteristics</h2></div>
<ul><li>use of the suffix <i>-ој</i> instead of <i>-ови</i> in plurals</li>
<li>use of all three definite articles</li></ul>
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</style><div id="Dialects_of_Macedonian471" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Dialects_of_Macedonian" title="Dialects of Macedonian">Dialects of</a> <a href="Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Western_Macedonian_dialects" title="Western Macedonian dialects">Western</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em;font-weight:normal; line-height:1.3em;">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Prilep-Bitola_dialect" title="Prilep-Bitola dialect">Prilep-Bitola</a></li>
<li><a href="Ki%C4%8Devo-Pore%C4%8De_dialect" title="Kičevo-Poreče dialect">Kičevo-Poreče</a></li>
<li><a href="Skopje-Veles_dialect" title="Skopje-Veles dialect">Skopje-Veles</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em;font-weight:normal; line-height:1.3em;">Western and<br>northwestern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Gostivar_dialect" title="Gostivar dialect">Gostivar</a> (Upper Polog)</li>
<li><a href="Debar_dialect" title="Debar dialect">Debar</a></li>
<li>Drimkol-Golo Brdo</li>
<li><a href="Gali%C4%8Dnik_dialect" title="Galičnik dialect">Galičnik</a> (Small Reka)</li>
<li><a href="Reka_dialect" title="Reka dialect">Reka</a></li>
<li><a href="Vev%C4%8Dani-Rado%C5%BEda_dialect" title="Vevčani-Radožda dialect">Vevčani-Radožda</a></li>
<li><a href="Struga_dialect" title="Struga dialect">Struga</a></li>
<li><a href="Ohrid_dialect" title="Ohrid dialect">Ohrid</a></li>
<li><a href="Lower_Prespa_dialect" title="Lower Prespa dialect">Lower Prespa</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Northern_Macedonian_dialects" title="Northern Macedonian dialects">Northern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em;font-weight:normal; line-height:1.3em;">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Kumanovo_dialect" title="Kumanovo dialect">Kumanovo</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li>
<li>Kratovo<sup><small>2</small></sup></li>
<li><a href="Kriva_Palanka_dialect" title="Kriva Palanka dialect">Kriva Palanka</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li>
<li>Ovče Pole</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em;font-weight:normal; line-height:1.3em;">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Skopska_Crna_Gora_dialect" title="Skopska Crna Gora dialect">Skopska Crna Gora</a></li>
<li><a href="Tetovo_dialect" title="Tetovo dialect">Tetovo</a> (Lower Polog)<sup><small>2</small></sup></li>
<li><a href="Gora_dialect" title="Gora dialect">Gora</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Southeastern_Macedonian_dialects" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern Macedonian dialects">Southeastern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em;font-weight:normal; line-height:1.3em;">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="%C5%A0tip-Ko%C4%8Dani_dialect" title="Štip-Kočani dialect">Štip-Kočani</a></li>
<li><a href="Strumica_dialect" title="Strumica dialect">Strumica</a></li>
<li>Tikveš-Mariovo</li>
<li><a href="Male%C5%A1evo-Pirin_dialect" title="Maleševo-Pirin dialect">Maleševo-Pirin</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.5em;font-weight:normal; line-height:1.3em;">Southeastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Solun-Voden_dialect" title="Solun-Voden dialect">Solun-Voden</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li>
<li><a href="Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop_dialect" title="Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect">Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li>
<li><a href="Nestram-Kostenar_dialect" title="Nestram-Kostenar dialect">Nestram-Kostenar</a></li>
<li><a href="Kostur_dialect" title="Kostur dialect">Kostur</a></li>
<li>Korča</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup><small>1</small></sup> Also considered a dialect of <a href="Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>. <sup><small>2</small></sup> Considered to be a part of the transitional <a href="Torlakian_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Torlakian dialect">Torlak dialect</a> and as a subdialect of Bulgarian, Macedonian, and <a href="Serbo-Croatian" title="Serbo-Croatian">Serbo-Croatian</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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