The Carinthian dialect group (koroška narečna skupina, koroščina) is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene. The Carinthian dialects are spoken by Carinthian Slovenes

Carinthian Slovenes

Carinthian Slovenes are the Slovene-speaking population group in the Austrian State of Carinthia. The Carinthian Slovenes send representatives to the National Ethnic Groups Advisory Council...

 in Austria, in Slovenian Carinthia, and in the northwestern parts of Slovenian Styria along the upper Drava

Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...

 Valley, and in the westernmost areas of Upper Carniola

Upper Carniola

Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale.- Historical background :...

 on the border with Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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Phonological and morphological characteristics

Among other features, this group is characterized by late denasalization of *ę and *ǫ, a close reflex of long yat

Yat

Yat or Jat is the thirty-second letter of the old Cyrillic alphabet. Its name in Old Church Slavonic is jěd’ or iad’ . In the common scientific Latin transliteration for old Slavic languages, the letter is represented by e with caron: .The yat represented a Common Slavic long vowel...

 and open reflex of short yat

Yat

Yat or Jat is the thirty-second letter of the old Cyrillic alphabet. Its name in Old Church Slavonic is jěd’ or iad’ . In the common scientific Latin transliteration for old Slavic languages, the letter is represented by e with caron: .The yat represented a Common Slavic long vowel...

, lengthening of old acute syllables and short neo-acute syllables, and an e-like reflex of the long semivowel and ə-like reflex of the short semivowel.

Individual dialects and subdialects

• North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect
  North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect
  The North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group. It is spoken east of the Mežica dialect on both sides of the Drava River, extending westwards to east of Dravograd, and eastwards to west of Fala and west of Selnica ob Dravi. It also extends northwards across...
  
   (severnopohorsko-remšniško narečje)
• Mežica dialect
  Mežica dialect
  The Mežica dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group. It is spoken in the triangle bounded by Črna na Koroškem, Dravograd, and Mislinja...
  
   (mežiško narečje, mežiščina)
• Jaun Valley dialect
  Jaun Valley dialect
  The Jaun Valley dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group. It is primarily spoken in the Jaun Valley of Austria as well as in Strojna and Libeliče, Slovenia. It is spoken west of a line from Diex to Völkermarkt to Eberndorf, east of Sittersdorf, and north of the Ebriach dialect...
  
   (podjunsko narečje, podjunščina) (Austria)
• Ebriach dialect
  Ebriach dialect
  The Ebriach dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group. It is spoken in Austrian Carinthia around Bad Eisenkappel, in the watershed of the Vellach River and Ebriach Creek , and Jezersko.-Phonological and morphological characteristics:...
  
   (obirsko narečje, obirščina) (Austria)
• Rosental/Rož dialect (rožansko narečje, rožanščina) (Austria)
• Gail Valley dialect
  Gail Valley dialect
  The Gail Valley dialect is the westernmost Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group. It is spoken in Austrian Carinthia in the Gail Valley east of Hermagor and west of Faak am See , in the upper Canal Valley along the Fella River to east of Pontebba and, together with the Kranjska Gora...
  
   (ziljsko narečje, ziljščina) (Austria, Italy)
  • Kranjska Gora
    Kranjska Gora
    Kranjska Gora is a town and a municipality on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region of northwest Slovenia, close to the Austrian and Italian borders.Kranjska Gora is best known as a winter sports town, being situated in the Julian Alps...
    
    subdialect (kranjskogorski govor)