Central Styrian dialect

The Central Styrian dialect (srednještajersko narečje,[1] osrednja štajerščina[2]) is a Slovene dialect in the Styrian dialect group. It is spoken in the watersheds of the Voglajna and upper Sotla rivers in the south and the Central Dravinja Valley in the north, extending from Štore in the west to Rogatec in the east, and from Spodnja Polskava and Pragersko in the north to Podčetrtek in the south.[3]

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The Central Styrian dialect is characterized by diphthongal reflexes of the high vowels (ii/ei, uu/ou) and close mid vowels (ei/ai, ou/au), lengthening of some short accented vowels, a stress accent, non-parallel reflexes of o and e (the latter being open), a > ɔ, ər > ar, v > f before voiceless consonants and in final position, and a small degree of vowel reduction. Final-syllable accent is morphologically unknown.[3]

gollark: How do you do good AI on tic-tac-toe anyway? It seems like it would be hard unless you can somehow model the other player well.
gollark: Umnikos beat it a few times. I think I did once.
gollark: Parents bought it ages ago.
gollark: I do have a physical set somewhere.
gollark: I didn't get round to checking the code beyond skimming it yet.

References
  1. Smole, Vera. 1998. "Slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije vol. 12, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 2.
  2. Logar, Tine. 1996. Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 52.
  3. Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 304.
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