The Slovene Hills dialect (, ''goričanščina'') is a Slovene dialect in the

Pannonian dialect group The Pannonian dialect group (''panonska narečna skupina''), or northeastern dialect group, is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene language, Slovene. The Pannonian dialects are spoken in northeastern Slovenia (Prekmurje, in the eastern ...

. It is spoken in the

Slovene Hills The Slovene Hills or the Slovenian Hills (, or ) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria. It is situated in the northeast of the country and has an area of . It comprises the ''Western ...

() between the

Drava The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

and Mura rivers east of a line from

Maribor Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...

to Šentilj v Slovenskih Goricah and west of a line from Radenci to Gradišče.Toporišič, Jože. 1992. ''Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika''. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 53.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The Slovene Hills dialect features different reflexes of long etymological ''o'' and jat based on former tonemic differences, newly accented ''e'' is open, and ''r'' > ''ar''. Neuter nouns have undergone feminization or masculinization, and plural locative and instrumental endings are typically characterized by an ''a'' vowel (e.g., ''-ah'' instead of ''-ih'').

References

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