The Upper Carniolan dialect group (''gorenjska narečna skupina''
[Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.]) is a group of closely related dialects of
Slovene. The Upper Carniolan dialects are spoken in most of
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...
and in
Ljubljana
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Phonological and morphological characteristics
Among other features, this group is characterized by monophthongal stressed vowels, an acute semivowel,
pitch accent
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, standard circumflex shift, and two accentual retractions with some exceptions. It features narrowing of ''o'' and ''e'' in preaccentual position,
akanye (reduction of ''o'' to ''a'') in postaccentual position, and strong syncope. There is a partial development of ''g'' to , preservation of bilabial ''w'', and general hardening of soft ''l'' and ''n''.
Individual dialects and subdialects
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Upper Carniolan dialect (''gorenjsko narečje'', ''gorenjščina'')
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Eastern Upper Carniolan subdialect (''vzhodnogorenjski govor'', ''vzhodna gorenjščina'')
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Selca dialect (''selško narečje'', ''selščina''
[Priestly, Tom S. 1984. "O popolni izgubi srednjega spola v selščini: enodobni opis," ''Slavistišna revija'' 32: 37-47.])
References
Slovene dialects
Upper Carniola
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