Debar dialect

dialects.png|right|thumb|300px|The Debar dialect on the map of the Macedonian dialects]
The Debar dialect is a member of the subgroup of the western and north-western dialects of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is mainly spoken in the city of Debar and the surrounding areas in North Macedonia. The Debar dialect is closed with the Reka dialect and the dialect of Galicnik. In the dialect are used a lot of archaic words.

Phonological characteristics

fixed accent
/d͡ʒ/ deaffricated and merged with /ʒ/
the Proto-Slavic *ǫ has denasalized to
use of o instead of the soft form
absence of the intervocalic in the plural forms of monosyllabic nouns и, дождо

Morphological characteristics

use of ќа instead of ќе
three definite articles pertaining to the position of the object
use of the suffix -т for third person singular