Tetovo dialect
[Image:Macedonian Slavic dialects.png|thumb|300px|right|The location of the Tetovo dialect among the others Macedonian dialects]
The Tetovo dialect or Lower Polog dialect is a member of the western subgroup of the northern group of dialects of Macedonian. It is considered part of the transitional Torlakian dialects. It is spoken by the population in the north-western part of North Macedonia. This dialect is spoken in the city of Tetovo, Brvenica and Jegunovce Municipality. One of the main characteristics of this dialect is the use of the words таќе – "on that way" and ваќе – "on this way". The Tetovo dialect can be found in several books, two of which were written by Kiril Peychinovich, namely Ogledalo and Uteshenia greshnim.
Phonological characteristics
There are many characteristics that are connected with this dialect but the most significant are:- the old vocal L is replaced by the groups u/ lu/ la: јаболко / jabolko > јабука / jabuka, солза / solza > слăза / sluza ;
- use of A instead of E: трева / treva > трава / trava, орев / orev > орав / orav ;
- use of ă instead of use of the yer: лаже / laže > лăже / lăže ;
- use of U instead of the Old Church Slavonic letter Ѫ: пат / pat > пут / put, внук / vnuk > унук / unuk.
Morphological characteristics
- use of the suffix -mo for first person plural: одиме / odime > идемо/ idemo ;
- palatal J before the letter E at the beginning of a word: јазик / jazik> језик / jezik, јаже > јуже ;
- the consonant group MN is replaced with the consonant group ML: многу / mnogu > млогу / mlogu ;
- use of the preposition U instead of the preposition VO:' во град/ vo grad > у град' / u grad