The Rovte dialect group (''rovtarska narečna skupina'', ''rovtarščina'') is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene. The Rovte dialects are spoken in the mountainous areas of west-central Slovenia, on the border between the

Slovenian Littoral The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Ad ...

, Upper Carniola, and Inner Carniola, in a triangle between the towns of Tolmin, Škofja Loka, and Vrhnika.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

Among other features, this group is characterized by shortening of long diphthongal ''ie'' and ''uo'', akanye, and general development of ''g'' to .

Individual dialects and subdialects

* Tolmin dialect (''tolminsko narečje'', ''tolminščina'') ** Bača subdialect (''baški govor'') * Cerkno dialect (''cerkljansko narečje'', ''cerkljanščina'') *

Poljane dialect The Poljane dialect ( sl, poljansko narečje, ''poljanščina'') is a Slovene dialect in the Rovte dialect group. It is spoken in the watershed of the Poljane Sora River ( sl, Poljanska Sora, also ) almost as far east as a line from Mount Lubnik ...

(''poljansko narečje'', ''poljanščina'') *

Škofja Loka dialect The Škofja Loka dialect ( sl, škofjeloško narečje, ''škofjeloščina'') is a Slovene dialect in the Rovte dialect group. It encompasses the local dialects of Škofja Loka and the nearby settlements of Bitnje and Reteče.Toporišič, Jože. ...

(''škofjeloško narečje'', ''škofjeloščina'') *

Črni Vrh dialect The Črni Vrh dialect ( sl, črnovrško narečje, ''črnovrščina'') is a Slovene dialect in the Rovte dialect group. It is spoken in Črni Vrh, the upper Idrijca Valley, Hotedršica, and Rovte.Toporišič, Jože. 1992. ''Enciklopedija slovens ...

(''črnovrško narečje'', ''črnovrščina'') *

Horjul dialect The Horjul dialect ( sl, horjulsko narečje, ''horjulščina'') is a Slovene dialect in the Rovte dialect group. It is spoken southwest of Ljubljana in the settlements of Horjul, Polhov Gradec, Log pri Brezovici, Vrhnika, Verd, Logatec, a ...

(''horjulsko narečje'', ''horjulščina''Logar, Tine. 1996. ''Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave''. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 165.)

References

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