Southern and Eastern Macedonian dialects

The Southern and Eastern Macedonian dialects according to one of the scientific views are one of three groups of Macedonian.

The group is located in the eastern and southeastern areas of North Macedonia, surrounding the cities of Štip, Strumica, and Delčevo. The group also includes Blagoevgrad Province, or Pirin Macedonia, in Bulgaria^{[citation needed]}, and Macedonia, or Aegean Macedonia, Greece. The group of Southern and Eastern Macedonian dialects is divided into three subgroups: the eastern group, the southwestern group, and the southeastern group.

Dialects

Yat border in the Bulgarian language, splitting the Southern and Eastern Macedonian dialects in two

Eastern group

• Tikveš-Mariovo dialect
• Štip-Strumica dialect
• Maleševo-Pirin dialect^[1]

Southwestern group

• Nestram-Kostenar dialect
• Korča dialect
• Kostur dialect

Southeastern group

• Solun-Voden dialect^[2]
• Ser-Drama-Lagadin-Nevrokop dialect^[3]

Based on the main isogloss separating the Bulgarian dialects into Eastern and Western - yat border, some of the Southern and Eastern Macedonian dialects are classified as Eastern Bulgarian.^[4][5]