The Carinthian dialect group (''koroška narečna skupina'', ''koroščina''
[Logar, Tine. 1996. ''Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave''. Ljubljana: SAZU.]) is a group of closely related dialects of
Slovene, a South Slavic language. The Carinthian dialects are spoken by
Carinthian Slovenes
Carinthian Slovenes or Carinthian Slovenians ( sl, Koroški Slovenci; german: Kärntner Slowenen) are the indigenous minority of Slovene ethnicity, living within borders of the Austrian state of Carinthia, neighboring Slovenia. Their status of ...
in Austria, in
Slovenian Carinthia, and in the northwestern parts of
Slovenian Styria along the upper
Valley, in the westernmost areas of
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( sl, Gorenjska; it, Alta Carniola; german: Oberkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jeseni ...
on the border with
Italy
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, and in some villages in the
Province of Udine in Italy.
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.
[Toporišič, Jože. 1992. ''Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika''. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 88.]
Individual dialects and subdialects
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North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect (''severnopohorsko-remšniško narečje'')
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Mežica dialect (''mežiško narečje'', ''mežiščina''
[Rigler, Jakob. 1986. ''Razprave o slovenskem jeziku''. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica.])
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Jaun Valley dialect (''podjunsko narečje'', ''podjunščina''
) (Austria)
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Ebriach dialect (''obirsko narečje'', ''obirščina''
) (Austria)
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Rosen Valley dialect (''rožansko narečje'', ''rožanščina''
) (Austria)
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Gail Valley dialect The Gail Valley dialect ( sl, ziljsko narečje, ''ziljščina''Logar, Tine. 1996. ''Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave''. Ljubljana: SAZU) is the westernmost Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group, spoken in parts of southern ...
(''ziljsko narečje'', ''ziljščina''
) (Austria, Italy)
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Kranjska Gora subdialect (''kranjskogorski govor'')
References
Slovene dialects
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