Lower Carniolan dialect group
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The Lower Carniolan dialect group (dolenjska narečna skupina) 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.
, extensive dipththongization (ei, ie, uo), an a-colored semivowel, shift of o > u, and partial akanye
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Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola was a kreis of the historical Habsburg crown land of Carniola from 1849 till 1919 and is nowadays a traditional region of Slovenia. Its center is Novo Mesto, while other urban centers include Kočevje, Grosuplje, Krško, Trebnje, Mirna, Črnomelj, Semič, and Metlika.-See also:* Upper...
and in the eastern half of Inner Carniola.
Phonological and morphological characteristics
Among other features, this group is characterized by pitch accentPitch accent
Pitch accent is a linguistic term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words...
, extensive dipththongization (ei, ie, uo), an a-colored semivowel, shift of o > u, and partial akanye
Akanye
Akanye or akanje is a phonological phenomenon in Slavic languages in which speakers pronounce the sound a instead of o. The most familiar example is probably Russian akanye...
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Individual dialects and subdialects
- Lower Carniolan dialectLower Carniolan dialectThe Lower Carniolan dialect is a major Slovene dialect in the Lower Carniolan dialect group. It is one of the two central Slovene dialects and was the original foundation for standard Slovene along with the Ljubljana urban dialect...
(dolenjsko narečje, dolenjščina)- Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialectEastern Lower Carniolan subdialectThe Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect is a Slovene subdialect in the Lower Carniolan dialect group. It is spoken south of the Lower Sava Valley dialect in the watersheds of the Mirna and Temenica rivers, east of a line running from west of Trebnje and west of Novo Mesto to the lower Krka Valley...
(vzhodnodolenjski govor, vzhodna dolenjščina)
- Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect
- North White Carniolan dialectNorth White Carniolan dialectThe North White Carniolan dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Lower Carniolan dialect group. It is spoken in northern White Carniola north of the line from Kanižarica to Črnomelj...
(severnobelokranjsko narečje) - South White Carniolan dialectSouth White Carniolan dialectThe South White Carniolan dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Lower Carniolan dialect group. It is spoken in southern White Carniola south of the line from Podzemelj to Črnomelj to Kanižarica...
(južnobelokranjsko narečje, južna belokranjščina) - Kostel dialectKostel dialectThe Kostel dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Lower Carniolan dialect group. It is spoken in western White Carniola, bordering the former Kočevje linguistic island to the east and the Kolpa River to the south...
(kostelsko narečje, kostelska belokranjščina, kostelščina)