The Slovene Hills dialect ( Slovene: goričansko narečje, [1] goričanščina [2]) is a Slovene dialect in the Pannonian dialect group. It is spoken in the Slovene Hills ( Slovene: Slovenske gorice) between the Drava and Mura rivers east of a line from Maribor to Šentilj v Slovenskih Goricah and west of a line from Radenci to Gradišče. [3] [4]
Phonological and morphological characteristics
The Slovene Hills dialect features different reflexes of long etymological o and jat based on former tonemic differences, newly accented e is open, and r > ar. Neuter nouns have undergone feminization or masculinization, and plural locative and instrumental endings are typically characterized by an a vowel (e.g., -ah instead of -ih). [3]
References
- ^ Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.
- ^ Zorko, Zinka. 1994. "Panonska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenija, vol. 8, pp. 232–233. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 232.
- ^ a b Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 53.
- ^ "Karta slovenskih narečij z večjimi naselji" (PDF). Fran.si. Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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