Lower Carniolan dialect group
The Lower Carniolan dialect group (dolenjska narečna skupina[1]) is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene. The Lower Carniolan dialects are spoken in most of Lower Carniola and in the eastern half of Inner Carniola.[2]
Phonological and morphological characteristics
[edit]Among other features, this group is characterized by pitch accent, extensive diphthongization (ei, ie, uo), an a-colored semivowel, shift of o > u, and partial akanye.[3]
Individual dialects and subdialects
[edit]- Lower Carniolan dialect (dolenjsko narečje, dolenjščina[4])
- Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect (vzhodnodolenjski govor, vzhodna dolenjščina[4])
- North White Carniolan dialect (severnobelokranjsko narečje)
- South White Carniolan dialect (južnobelokranjsko narečje, južna belokranjščina[5])
- Kostel dialect (kostelsko narečje, kostelska belokranjščina,[5] kostelščina[6])
References
[edit]- ^ Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.
- ^ "Karta slovenskih narečij z večjimi naselji" (PDF). Fran.si. Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 25.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Logar, Tine. 1996. Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 42.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Logar, Tine. 1996. Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 203.
- ^ Horvat, Sonja. 1994. "Nekaj naglasnih in fonoloških značilnosti slovenskega kostelskega govora." Slavistična revija 42: 305–312, p. 305.
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