Solčava subdialect

The Solčava subdialect (solčavski govor{{cite encyclopedia |last=Smole |first=Vera |title=Slovenska narečja |encyclopedia=Enciklopedija Slovenije |year=1998 |volume=12 |page=2 |publisher=Mladinska knjiga |location=Ljubljana}}) is a Slovene subdialect in the Styrian dialect group. It is a subdialect of the Upper Savinja dialect spoken around Solčava and the Logar Valley.Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 294. It is the westernmost of the (sub)dialects in the Styrian dialect group.Kolarič, Rudolf. 1954. "Slovenska narečja na Štajerskem." In: Anton Slodnjak (ed.) Pogovori o jeziku in slovstvu : predavanja na zborovanju slovenskih slavistov v Mariboru od 26. junija do 1. julija 1954, pp. 54–60. Maribor : Obzorja, p. 55.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The Solčava subdialect is partially influenced by Carinthian dialects.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Zorko |first=Zinka |title=Štajerska narečja |encyclopedia=Enciklopedija Slovenije |year=1999 |volume=13 |page=132 |publisher=Mladinska knjiga |location=Ljubljana}} The subdialect has the Upper Carniolan vowel system (except for the Upper Carniolan reflexes of long yers, here becoming e:/a:) and a slightly closer quality of e, becoming diphthongized to i:e. Secondarily accented e and o become e: and o:, as in Upper Carniolan. The reflex of short and secondarily accented ə is also the same as in Upper Carniolan.Logar, Tine. 1996. Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 53.

References

Category:Slovene dialects in Styria (Slovenia)