Central Savinja dialect

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The Central Savinja dialect (srednjesavinjsko narečje,

Vojnik, and Celje.[3]

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The Central Savinja dialect has preserved accented short vowels. It does not have the change u > ü nor a > ɔ, the diphthongs ou and ei have monophthongized but ie and uo are pronounced, and there is limited akanye.[3] Vocalic r has developed into ar and vocalic l into aw. The feminine singular instrumental ending for nouns and adjectives is -oj/-uj (in contrast to standard o).[4]

References

  1. ^ Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.
  2. ^ Logar, Tine. 1962. "Današnje stanje in naloge slovenske dialektologije." Jezik in slovstvo 8(1/2): 1–6, p. 4.
  3. ^ a b Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 303.
  4. ^ Zorko, Zinka. 1999. "Štajerska narečja." In Dušan Voglar (ed.), Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 13, pp. 131–133. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 132.