Group of dialects of Slovene
Map of regional groups of Slovene dialects Styrian
The Styrian dialect group (štajerska narečna skupina ,[ 1] štajerščina [ 2] ) is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene . The Lower Carniolan dialects are spoken in central and eastern Slovenian Styria and in the Lower Sava Valley and Central Sava Valley .
Phonological and morphological characteristics
Among other features, this group is characterized by loss of pitch accent , tonemically high and lengthened accented syllables, lengthening of accented short syllables, and frequent development of a > ɔ , and u > ü in the eastern part of the territory.[ 3]
Individual dialects and subdialects
References
^ Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.
^ a b c Logar, Tine. 1996. Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave . Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 52.
^ Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika . Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 323.
^ Logar, Tine. 1962. "Današnje stanje in naloge slovenske dialektologije." Jezik in slovstvo 8(1/2): 1–6, p. 4.
^ Logar, Tine. 1982. "Diftongizacija in monoftongizacija v slovenskih dialektih." Jezik in slovstvo 27: 209–212, p. 211.
^ Toporišič, Jože. 1994. "Fran Ramovš kot narečjeslovec." Slavistična revija 42: 159–170, p. 168.