Lower Sava Valley dialect
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| Lower Sava Valley dialect | |
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| Posavsko narečje | |
| Pronunciation | puˈsaːu̯sk naˈɾɛːi̯t͡ʃjɛ |
| Native to | Slovenia |
| Region | Lower Sava Valley, Central Sava Valley, along the lower stream of Savinja river |
| Ethnicity | Slovenes |
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Early forms | Southeastern Slovene dialect
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
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The Lower Sava Valley dialect (Slovene: posavsko narečje [pɔˈsáːwskɔ naˈɾéːt͡ʃjɛ], posavščina) is a Slovene dialect spoken in the Central and Lower Sava Valley. It is a transitional dialect between the Lower Carniolan and Styrian dialects. It borders the Lower Carniolan dialect to the west, Upper Carniolan dialect to the northwest, Central Savinja dialect to the north, Central Styrian dialect to the northeast, Kozje-Bizeljsko dialect to the east, and Lower Sutlan Kajkavian dialect to the south, as well as Chakavian and Eastern Herzegovian to the southeast. It is further divided into three subdialects: the northwestern Zagorje-Trbovlje subdialect, northeastern Laško subdialect, and southern Sevnica-Krško subdialect. The dialect belongs to the Styrian dialect group and evolved from Lower Carniolan dialect base.
The subdialects differ mostly by the amount of non-Lower Carniolan features. The Sevnica-Krško subdialect is closest to the Lower Carniolan dialect, whereas the Laško subdialect is closest to Styrian dialects. The Zagorje-Trbovlje subdialect is influenced by both Styrian and Upper Carniolan features, and it is generally closer to Standard Slovene because of immigration to this area.
The dialect is one of the most poorly studied dialects.