Upper Reka Albanian dialect
| Upper Reka | |
|---|---|
Mesoni guhen e vet (Learn your language). Poem by Josif Bageri, a native of Upper Reka, 1909 | |
| Native to | North Macedonia |
| Region | Upper Reka |
| Ethnicity | Macedonian Albanians |
| Latin (Albanian alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | aln-MK |
Map of Upper Reka | |
The Upper Reka dialect is a member of the wider northern Gheg subgroup of the Albanian language spoken by northern Albanians. Speakers of the dialect are mainly located within the territory of the sub-region of Upper Reka in north-western North Macedonia. Due to the geographical isolation of the Upper Reka region, the Upper Reka dialect also developed linguistic peculiarities that differentiate it from other varieties of Albanian. Within the Gheg dialects, the Upper Reka dialect is classified as a Central Gheg dialect, along with the dialects of the Kruja, Mati and Dibra regions.