Inner Carniolan dialect

Inner Carniolan dialect
ˈnuːətrańsku naˈreːi̯či̯e
Pronunciation	[ˈnuːətɾaɲsku naˈɾɛːi̯t͡ʃjɛ]
Native to	Slovenia, Italy
Region	Western Inner Carniola, upper Vipava Valley, southern Karst Plateau
Ethnicity	Slovenes
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western South Slavic Slovene Littoral dialect group Inner Carniolan dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Inner Carniolan dialect

The Inner Carniolan dialect (Slovene: notranjsko narečje [ˈnòːtɾanskɔ naˈɾéːt͡ʃjɛ],^[1] notranjščina^[2]) is a Slovene dialect very close to the Lower Carniolan dialect, but with more recent accent shifts. It is spoken in a relatively large area, extending from western Inner Carniola up to Trieste in Italy, also covering the upper Vipava Valley and the southern part of the Karst Plateau. The dialect borders the Lower Carniolan dialect to the east, the Črni Vrh and Horjul dialects to the north, the Karst dialect to the northwest, the Istrian dialect to the southwest, and Central Chakavian and Northern Chakavian to the south.^[3][4] The dialect belongs to the Littoral dialect group, and it evolved from the Lower Carniolan dialect base.^[3][5]