Lower Prespa dialect

Excerpt from the life story of an old woman from Shulin, Lower Prespa (in today's Korçë County, Albania) speaking in the Lower Prespa dialect

Excerpt from a man from Nivici, Mala Prespa (today Psarades, Florina regional unit, Greece) speaking in the Lower Prespa dialect

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The Lower Prespa dialect (Macedonian: Долнoпреспански дијалект, Dolnoprespanski dijalekt), is a member of the western subgroup of the western group of dialects of Macedonian. This dialect is mainly spoken on the Eastern shore of Prespa Lake and Small Prespa Lake, both in North Macedonia and by the Slavic-speaking community on the Greek side of the border. The Prespa dialect spoken in the Greek community has elements of Greek such as "d/δ". This area is mainly composed of villages, such as Brajčino, Dupeni, Štrbovo, Ljubojno, western parts of the Florina regional unit and northern parts of the Kastoria regional unit.^[1] The Lower Prespa dialect is very similar to the Upper Prespa dialect and Ohrid dialect.

^ Российская академия наук, Институт лингвистических исследований, Международный комитет славистов, Комиссия по балканскому языкознанию Языки и диалекты малых этнических групп на Балканах, Международная научная конференция Санкт-Петербург, 11-12 июня 2004 г.