North White Carniolan dialect

North White Carniolan dialect
Native to	Slovenia
Region	Northern part of White Carniola, northern from Dobliče and Griblje.
Ethnicity	Slovenes
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western South Slavic Slovene Lower Carniolan dialect group North White Carniolan dialect
Dialects	Šokarji microdialects (western) Microdialects around Metlika (eastern)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
North White Carniolan dialect

The North White Carniolan dialect (Slovene: severnobelokranjsko narečje [sɛvɛɾnɔbɛlɔˈkɾàːnskɔ naˈɾéːt͡ʃjɛ],^[1] Serbo-Croatian: sjevernobelokrajinsko narječje) is a Slovene dialect spoken in White Carniola north of Dobliče and Griblje. The dialect was partially influenced by immigrants of Serbo-Croatian origin that moved to this area in the 15th and 16th centuries.^[2] The dialect borders the Lower Carniolan dialect to the north, Mixed Kočevje subdialects to the west, and South White Carniolan dialect to the south, as well as Prigorje and Goran Kajkavian to the east and Eastern Herzegovinian Shtokavian to the northeast.^[3][4] The dialect belongs to the Lower Carniolan dialect group, and it evolved from Lower Carniolan dialect base.^[3][5]