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, in the eastern areas of Slovenian Styria), and among the
Hungarian Slovenes.
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
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Prekmurje dialect (''prekmursko narečje'', ''prekmurščina'').
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Slovene Hills dialect (''goričansko narečje'', ''goričanščina'')
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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 ...
(''prleško narečje'', ''prleščina'')
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Haloze dialect
The Haloze dialect ( sl, haloško narečje, ''haloščina'') is a 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 Croatian border, bounde ...
(''haloško narečje'', ''haloščina''
[Kolarič, Rudolf. 1956. "Slovenska narečja." ''Jezik in slovstvo'' 2(6): 247–254, p. 252.])
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References
Slovene dialects
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