Lesson plan
Selca dialect
The Selca dialect ( , ) is a Slovene dialect very close to the Upper Carniolan dialect, but showing some features of the Rovte dialect group. It is characterized by extensive syncope, monopthongization of diphthongs, and shortening of long close vowels. It is spoken in the Selca Valley in the Upper Carniola region. It borders the Upper Carniolan dialect to the north and northeast, the Škofja Loka dialect to the southeast, the Poljane dialect to the south, the Cerkno dialect to the southwest, and the Bača subdialect of the Tolmin dialect to the west. The dialect can be split further to the western, non-tonal dialects and eastern, tonal dialects. The dialect belongs to the Upper Carniolan dialect group, and it evolved from the Upper Carniolan dialect base.
Article summary
The Selca dialect ( , ) is a Slovene dialect very close to the Upper Carniolan dialect, but showing some features of the Rovte dialect group. It is characterized by extensive syncope, monopthongization of diphthongs, and shortening of long close vowels. It is spoken in the Selca Valley in the Upper Carniola region. It borders the Upper Carniolan dialect to the north and northeast, the Škofja Loka dialect to the southeast, the Poljane dialect to the south, the Cerkno dialect to the southwest, and the Bača subdialect of the Tolmin dialect to the west. The dialect can be split further to the western, non-tonal dialects and eastern, tonal dialects. The dialect belongs to the Upper Carniolan dialect group, and it evolved from the Upper Carniolan dialect base.
Key claims
No claims recorded.
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
No sources recorded.
Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.