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

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur Ri ...

, in the eastern areas of Slovenian Styria), and among the

Hungarian Slovenes Hungarian Slovenes ( Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes ( sl, porabski Slovenci, dialecticall ...

Phonological and morphological characteristics

Among other features, this group is characterized by loss of

pitch accent A pitch-accent language, when spoken, has word accents in which one syllable in a word or morpheme is more prominent than the others, but the accentuated syllable is indicated by a contrasting pitch ( linguistic tone) rather than by loudness ( ...

, non-lengthened short syllables, and a new acute on short syllables.

Individual dialects and subdialects

Prekmurje dialect Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...

(''prekmursko narečje'', ''prekmurščina''). * Slovene Hills dialect (''goričansko narečje'', ''goričanščina'') *

Prlekija dialect The Prlekija dialect ( sl, prleško narečje, ''prleščina'') is a Slovene dialect in the Pannonian dialect group. It is spoken in the Prlekija region, southwest of the Mura River, bounded on the north by a line from Radenci to Zlatoličje to Sp ...

(''prleško narečje'', ''prleščina'') *

Haloze dialect The Haloze dialect ( sl, haloško narečje, ''haloščina'') is a Slovene dialects, Slovene dialect in the Pannonian dialect group. It is spoken in the Haloze Hills south of the line defined by the Dravinja and Drava rivers, extending to the Croati ...

(''haloško narečje'', ''haloščina''Kolarič, Rudolf. 1956. "Slovenska narečja." ''Jezik in slovstvo'' 2(6): 247–254, p. 252.)

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