Nestram-Kostenar dialect

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The Nestram-Kostenar dialect (Macedonian : Нестрамско-Костенарски дијалект, Nestramsko-Kostenarski dijalekt) is a Macedonian Slavic dialect spoken in parts of northwestern Greece, in the area around the village of Nestorio (Nestram) and the area known as Kostenarija, which encompasses most of the Nestorio municipality as well as in the Akrites region. There are also speakers in the adjacent Devoll District of Albania.

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The Nestram-Kostenar dialect shares strong similarities with the adjacent Kostur (Kastoria) and Korča/Gorica (Korçë) areas. Vidoeski (1991) classifies these dialects as members of a south-western subgroup of the southern group of Macedonian dialects.^[1] Stoykov (1962) in his work on Bulgarian dialectology describes them as subgroups of the Kostur dialect.^[2]

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References

↑ Bozhidar Vidoeski (1991) Македонските дијалекти во Егејска Македонија: (Обид за класификација). Македонските дијалекти во Егејска Македонија: научен собир, Скопје 23-24 декември 1991. Скопје: МАНУ, 1994, стр. 23-60.
↑ Стойков, Стойко (2002) [1962]. "Българските диалекти във Вардарска и Егейска Македония" [The Bulgarian Dialects of Vardar and Aegean Macedonia]. Българска диалектология[Bulgarian Dialectology] (in Bulgarian). Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов". p. 181. ISBN 978-954-430-846-9.

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[1] Bozhidar Vidoeski (1991) Македонските дијалекти во Егејска Македонија: (Обид за класификација). Македонските дијалекти во Егејска Македонија: научен собир, Скопје 23-24 декември 1991. Скопје: МАНУ, 1994, стр. 23-60.

[stoykov-2] Стойков, Стойко (2002) [1962]. "Българските диалекти във Вардарска и Егейска Македония" [The Bulgarian Dialects of Vardar and Aegean Macedonia]. Българска диалектология[Bulgarian Dialectology] (in Bulgarian). Акад. изд. "Проф. Марин Дринов". p. 181. ISBN 978-954-430-846-9.