Selca dialect
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The Selca dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Upper Carniolan dialect group
. It is spoken in the Selca Sora
Valley, north of a line from Porezen
to Mount Lubnik (1025 m), and south of a line running west of Zgornje Bitnje
to north of Dražgoše
to west of Zgornja Sorica
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. It has mostly preserved pitch accent
, has Upper Carniolan vowel characteristics (but short i and u in place of long), and considerable Upper Carniolan consonantal features (but without hard l > v and without k g h > č ž/j š). Voicing of obstruents is preserved in final position and the clusters tk and tc are preserved. Syncope is sometimes more pronounced than in the Upper Carniolan dialect, and syllabic l m n are found.
Upper Carniolan dialect group
The Upper Carniolan dialect group is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene. The Upper Carniolan dialects are spoken in spoken in most of Upper Carniola and in Ljubljana.-Phonological and morphological characteristics:...
. It is spoken in the Selca Sora
Sora (river)
The Sora is a right affluent of the Sava River in the northeastern part of Slovenia. The Sora gathers its waters mainly from the Škofja Loka Hills. Its source branches are the Poljane Sora , named after the Poljane Valley , and the Selca Sora , named after the Selca Valley . The Poljane Sora is...
Valley, north of a line from Porezen
Porezen, Tolmin
Porezen is a dispersed settlement on the northern slopes of a hill with the same name, above the Bača Valley in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.-External links:*...
to Mount Lubnik (1025 m), and south of a line running west of Zgornje Bitnje
Zgornje Bitnje
Zgornje Bitnje is a settlement just south of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.The local church is dedicated to Saint Thomas.-External links:*...
to north of Dražgoše
Dražgoše
Dražgoše is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.The village lies on the southern slopes of the Jelovica Plateau....
to west of Zgornja Sorica
Zgornja Sorica
Zgornja Sorica is a village in the Municipality of Železniki in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.-External links:*...
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Phonological and morphological characteristics
The Selca dialect is essentially a subdialect of the Upper Carniolan dialectUpper Carniolan dialect
The Upper Carniolan dialect is a major Slovene dialect in the Upper Carniolan dialect group. It is spoken in most of Upper Carniola...
. It has mostly preserved pitch accent
Pitch 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...
, has Upper Carniolan vowel characteristics (but short i and u in place of long), and considerable Upper Carniolan consonantal features (but without hard l > v and without k g h > č ž/j š). Voicing of obstruents is preserved in final position and the clusters tk and tc are preserved. Syncope is sometimes more pronounced than in the Upper Carniolan dialect, and syllabic l m n are found.