Based on the main
isogloss separating the Bulgarian dialects into Eastern and Western -
yat border, some of the Southeastern Macedonian dialects are classified as Eastern Bulgarian.[4][5]
References
^A comparative historical analysis of nominal accentuation in archaic (Maleševo) and transitional (Nivičino) Eastern Macedonian dialects," in Proceedings of the Third North American-Macedonian Conference on Macedonian Studies. Indiana Slavic Studies 10:135-151. 1999
^str. 249- 252 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
^str. 249- 252 Makedonski jazik za srednoto obrazovanie- S.Bojkovska, D.Pandev, L.Minova-Ǵurkova, Ž.Cvetkovski- Prosvetno delo AD- Skopje 2001
1 Also considered a dialect of
Bulgarian. 2 Considered to be a part of the transitional
Torlak dialect and as a subdialect of Bulgarian, Macedonian, and
Serbo-Croatian.