Carinthian_dialect_group

Carinthian dialect group

Carinthian dialect group

Group of dialects of Slovene

Not to be confused with Carinthian dialects of Southern Bavarian.

The Carinthian dialect group (koroška narečna skupina, koroščina[1]: 71 ) is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene, a South Slavic language. The Carinthian dialects are spoken by Carinthian Slovenes in Austria, in Slovenian Carinthia, and in the northwestern parts of Slovenian Styria along the upper Drava Valley, in the westernmost areas of Upper Carniola on the border with Italy, and in some villages in the Province of Udine in Italy.[2]

Map of regional groups of Slovene dialects
  Carinthian

Phonological and morphological characteristics

Among other features, this group is characterized by late denasalization of *ę and *ǫ, a close reflex of long yat and open reflex of short yat, lengthening of old acute syllables and short neo-acute syllables, and an e-like reflex of the long semivowel and ə-like reflex of the short semivowel.[3]

Individual dialects and subdialects

References

  1. [1]
    Logar, Tine. 1996. Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave. Ljubljana: SAZU.
  2. [2]
    "Karta slovenskih narečij z večjimi naselji" (PDF). Fran.si. Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 88.
  4. [4]
    Rigler, Jakob. 1986. Razprave o slovenskem jeziku. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica.


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