The North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group

Carinthian dialect group

The Carinthian dialect group is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene. The Carinthian dialects are spoken by Carinthian Slovenes in Austria, in Slovenian Carinthia, and in the northwestern parts of Slovenian Styria along the upper Drava Valley, and in the westernmost areas of Upper...

. It is spoken east of the Mežica dialect

Mežica dialect

The Mežica dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Carinthian dialect group. It is spoken in the triangle bounded by Črna na Koroškem, Dravograd, and Mislinja...

 on both sides of the Drava

Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...

 River, extending westwards to east of Dravograd

Dravograd

Dravograd is a small town and a municipality in northern Slovenia, close to the border with Austria. It lies on the Drava River at the confluence with the Meža and the Mislinja. It is part of the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia)....

, and eastwards to west of Fala

Fala, Ruše

Fala is a settlement on Drava River in northeastern Slovenia. The part of the settlement on the right bank of the river belongs to the Municipality of Ruše. The part on the lift bank of the river belongs to the Municipality of Selnica ob Dravi. Traditionally the area was part of Lower Styria...

 and west of Selnica ob Dravi

Selnica ob Dravi

Selnica ob Dravi is a village and a municipality on the left bank of the Drava River in Slovenia.The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is built in the centre of the village and was first mentioned in written...

. It also extends northwards across the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n border at Soboth

Soboth

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 and north of the Radlje ob Dravi

Radlje ob Dravi

Radlje ob Dravi is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. It lies in the traditional region of Styria, but belongs to the Carinthia statistical region. The settlement itself lies on a terrace on the left bank of the Drava River....

 border crossing. Major settlements in the dialect area are Muta

Muta, Slovenia

Muta is a town and a municipality in the Carinthia region of northern Slovenia.The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1349. In the 17th century it was...

, Vuzenica

Vuzenica

Vuzenica is a town and a municipality in northern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River and extends south into the Pohorje Hills. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Carinthia statistical region...

, Radlje ob Dravi, Vuhred, Ribnica na Pohorju

Ribnica na Pohorju

Ribnica na Pohorju is a settlement and a municipality in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Pohorje Hills to the west of Maribor. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is now included in the Carinthia statistical region....

, Lovrenc na Pohorju

Lovrenc na Pohorju

Lovrenc na Pohorju is a settlement and a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the Pohorje Hills to the west of Maribor. The area was part of the traditional region of Lower Styria...

, and Fala.

Phonological and morphological characteristics

The North Pohorje–Remšnik dialect lacks pitch accent

Pitch accent

Pitch accent is a linguistic term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words...

and long a > . The dialects contains the clusters tl/dl (sometimes > kl/gl). Neuter nouns have largely become feminine, and the adjectival suffix -ok is often -ek.