Prekmurje Slovene
Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish (Slovene: prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, Hungarian: vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina), is a Slovene dialect belonging to a Pannonian dialect group of Slovene. It is used in private communication, liturgy, and publications by authors from Prekmurje. It is spoken in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia and by the Hungarian Slovenes in Vas County in western Hungary. It is closely related to other Slovene dialects in neighboring Slovene Styria, as well as to Kajkavian with which it retains a considerable degree of mutual intelligibility and forms a dialect continuum with other South Slavic languages.
Prekmurje Slovene | |
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prekmursko narečje, prekmurščina, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, panonska slovenščina | |
Native to | Slovenia, Hungary and emigrant groups in various countries |
Ethnicity | notably Hungarian Slovenes |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 110,000) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | prek1239 |
Map of Slovenian dialects. Prekmurje Slovene is in dark yellow at the top right. |
South Slavic languages and dialects |
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