Rovte dialect group

The Rovte dialect group (rovtarska narečna skupina, rovtarščina¹) is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene. The Rovte dialects are spoken in the mountainous areas of west-central Slovenia, on the border between the Slovenian Littoral, Upper Carniola, and Inner Carniola, in a triangle between the towns of Tolmin, Škofja Loka, and Vrhnika.²

Among other features, this group is characterized by shortening of long diphthongal ie and uo, akanye, and general development of g to [ɣ].³

• Tolmin dialect (tolminsko narečje, tolminščina⁴)
  • Bača subdialect (baški govor)
• Cerkno dialect (cerkljansko narečje, cerkljanščina⁵)
• Poljane dialect (poljansko narečje, poljanščina⁶)
• Škofja Loka dialect (škofjeloško narečje, škofjeloščina⁷)
• Črni Vrh dialect (črnovrško narečje, črnovrščina⁸)
• Horjul dialect (horjulsko narečje, horjulščina⁹)