The Čičarija dialect (''čiško narečje'', ''čički dialekt''Rigler, Jakob. 1963. ''Južnonotranjski govori''. Ljubljana: SAZU, pp. 11–12.) is a Slovene dialect in the

Littoral dialect group The Littoral dialect group (''primorska narečna skupina'') is a group of very heterogeneous dialects of Slovene. The Littoral dialects are spoken in most of the Slovenian Littoral (except for the mountainous areas around Tolmin and Cerkno, wh ...

. It is spoken in a few villages in

Slovenian Istria Slovene Istria is a region in southwest Slovenia. It comprises the northern part of the Istrian peninsula and is part of the wider geographical-historical region known as the Slovene Littoral. Its largest urban center is Koper. Other large settle ...

near the

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n border in the Čičarija region in the villages of

Skadanščina Skadanščina (; ) is a small village in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia close to the border with Croatia. Mass grave Skadanščina is the site of a mass grave associated with the Second World War. The Bukovje ...

Golac Golac (; ) is a village in the Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina in the Littoral region of Slovenia on the border with Croatia. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Koper Diocese In Ecclesiastica ...

, Obrov,

Podbeže Podbeže (; ) is a village north of Podgrad in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Mass graves Podbeže is the site of a mass grave and an unmarked grave from the end of the Second World War. Both graves ...

, Podgrad, Poljane, Račice and Starod.Smole, Vera. 2001. "Zahodna slovenska narečja." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 15, pp. 35–38. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, pp. 35. By number of speakers, it is one of the smallest

Slovene dialects In a purely dialectological sense, Slovene dialects ( , ) are the regionally diverse varieties that evolved from old Slovene, a South Slavic language of which the standardized modern version is Standard Slovene. This also includes several di ...

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The Čičarija dialect is a mixed Slovenian–Croatian

Central Chakavian Central Chakavian (also translated as Middle Chakavian; ) is a dialect of the Chakavian variety of Croatian. It is spoken on the islands Dugi, Kornati, Lošinj, Krk, Rab, Ugljan (except the southernmost Southern Chakavian village of Kukljica, ex ...

dialect. It has been influenced by the

Inner Carniolan dialect The Inner Carniolan dialect ( , ) is a Slovene dialect very close to the Lower Carniolan dialect, but with more recent accent shifts. It is spoken in a relatively large area, extending from western Inner Carniola up to Trieste in Italy, also co ...

and has linguistic features indicating that it did not develop in the area, but was introduced through new settlement.

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