Škofja Loka dialect

The Škofja Loka dialect (Slovene: škofjeloško narečje,[1] škofjeloščina[2]) is a Slovene dialect in the Rovte dialect group. It encompasses the local dialects of Škofja Loka and the nearby settlements of Bitnje and Reteče.[3][4] The Škofja Loka Passion Play, the oldest Slovene drama play, was written in the first half of the 18th century in the old Škofja Loka dialect.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The Škofja Loka dialect lacks pitch accent, which has been attributed to the influence of German settlement. It has very narrow o and e vowels, pretonic e and o have raised to i and u, and the offglide -u̯ has sometimes been lost (e.g., volk [vou̯k] > [vok] 'wolf'). The dialect's consonant structure shares many features with the Upper Carniolan dialect and Selca dialect.[3]

gollark: How's it going to be "revolutionary"? What'll it do?
gollark: I suppose I can just reverse-engineer it on release, if you ever release and finish it which you won't.
gollark: And then it will be better!
gollark: Because if you give me good feature ideas potatOS can have them!
gollark: What features will it have?

References
  1. Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.
  2. Benedik, Francka. 1991. "Redukcija v škofjeloškem narečju." Jezikoslovni zapiski 1: 141–146, p. 141.
  3. Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 322.
  4. "Karta slovenskih narečij z večjimi naselji" (PDF). Fran.si. Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU. Retrieved June 8, 2020.


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