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

Prekmurje is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region settled by Slovenes and lying between the Mur River in Slovenia and the Rába Valley in the most western part of Hungary...

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

Hungarian Slovenes

Hungarian Slovenes are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes in the Rába Valley in western Hungary between the town of Szentgotthárd and the borders with Slovenia and Austria. They speak the Prekmurje dialect of Slovene...

.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

Among other features, this group is characterized by loss of pitch accent

Pitch accent

Pitch accent is a linguistic term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words...

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

Individual dialects and subdialects

• Prekmurje dialect
  Prekmurje dialect
  Prekmurian, also known as the Pannonian-Slovene, East-Slovene, or Wendish , is the easternmost separate dialect of Slovene, spoken in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia and by the Hungarian Slovenes in Vas county in western Hungary...
  
   (prekmursko narečje, prekmurščina).
• Slovenian Hills dialect
  Slovenian Hills dialect
  The Slovenian Hills dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Pannonian dialect group. It is spoken in the Slovenian Hills between the Drava and Mura rivers east of a line from Maribor to Šentilj v Slovenskih Goricah and west of a line from Radenci to Gradišče....
  
   (goričansko narečje, goričanščina)
• Prlekija dialect
  Prlekija dialect
  The Prlekija dialect 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 Spodnja Polskava, on the west from there to Majšperk, and then on the south along the Dravinja...
  
   (prleško narečje, prleščina)
• Haloze dialect
  Haloze dialect
  The Haloze dialect 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, bounded on the west by a line running from southeast of Majšperk to Donačka Gora and the Macelj...
  
  (haloško narečje, haloščina)