The Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect (''vzhodnodolenjski govor'', ''vzhodna dolenjščina'',Logar, Tine. 1996. ''Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave''. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 42. ''vzhodnodolenjsko podnarečje'') is a Slovene subdialect in the

Lower Carniolan dialect group The Lower Carniolan dialect group (''dolenjska 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 ...

. It is spoken south of the Lower Sava Valley dialect in the watersheds of the

Mirna Micro ribonucleic acid (microRNA, miRNA, μRNA) are small, single-stranded, non-coding RNA molecules containing 21–23 nucleotides. Found in plants, animals, and even some viruses, miRNAs are involved in RNA silencing and post-transcri ...

and

Temenica The Temenica is a river in Slovenia. It is one of the most typical influent streams of Slovenia's karst terrain. Name The name ''Temenica'' comes from the archaic common noun *''temenica'' ' spring' (cf. Polish dialect ''ciemienica'' 'spring', ...

rivers, east of a line running from west of

Trebnje Trebnje (, ) is a town in southeastern Slovenia. It lies on the Temenica River in the traditional region of Lower Carniola, and is the seat of the Municipality of Trebnje. The area was already settled in Antiquity. The modern settlement develo ...

and west of

Novo Mesto Novo Mesto (; ; also known by #Name, alternative names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, seventh-largest city of Slovenia. It is the economic and cultural centre of the traditional region of Lower Carniola (southeastern Slovenia) and ...

to the lower Krka Valley. The dialect includes the settlements of

Kostanjevica na Krki Kostanjevica na Krki (; also ''Kostanjevica ob Krki,'' ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 68.) is a small town in the historic Lower Ca ...

Krmelj Krmelj () is a settlement in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia. It lies in the valley of Hinje Creek, a left tributary of the Mirna River. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Lower ...

Mokronog Mokronog (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 82–83.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Mokronog-Trebelno in southeastern Slove ...

, Raka,

Šentjernej Šentjernej ( or ; in older sources also ''Šent Jernej'',''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 72. ) is a small town in southeastern Slov ...

Šentrupert Šentrupert (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional Lower Carniola region in southeastern Slovenia. ...

, Škocjan and

.Toporišič, Jože. 1992. ''Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika''. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 360.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect has a

pitch accent A pitch-accent language is a type of language that, when spoken, has certain syllables in words or morphemes that are prominent, as indicated by a distinct contrasting pitch (music), pitch (tone (linguistics), linguistic tone) rather than by vol ...

References

Slovene dialects Lower Carniola {{Slavic-lang-stub