TheSouthern and Eastern Macedonian dialects according to one of the scientific views are one of three groups ofMacedonian.
The group is located in the eastern and southeastern areas ofNorth Macedonia, surrounding the cities ofŠtip,Strumica, andDelčevo. The group also includesBlagoevgrad Province, orPirin Macedonia, inBulgaria[citation needed], andMacedonia, orAegean Macedonia,Greece. The group of Southern and Eastern Macedonian dialects is divided into three subgroups: the eastern group, the southwestern group, and the southeastern group.
Based on the mainisogloss separating the Bulgarian dialects into Eastern and Western -yat border, some of the Southern and Eastern Macedonian dialects are classified as Eastern Bulgarian.[4][5]
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1 Also considered a dialect ofBulgarian.2 Considered to be a part of the transitionalTorlak dialect and as a subdialect of Bulgarian, Macedonian, andSerbo-Croatian. | ||||||