Kostel dialect

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Kostel dialect
kȯsˈteːu̯skȯ naˈrėːčje
Pronunciation	[kʊ͈sˈteːu̯skʊ͈ naˈrɪ͈t͡ʃjɛ]
Native to	Slovenia, Croatia
Region	Kupa Valley near Kostel and Brod na Kupi
Ethnicity	Slovenes, Croats
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western South Slavic Slovene Lower Carniolan Kostel dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Kostel dialect

The Kostel dialect (Slovene: kostelsko narečje [kɔsˈtéwskɔ naˈɾéːt͡ʃjɛ],^[1] kostelska belokranjščina,^[2] kostelščina;^[3] Serbo-Croatian: kostelsko narječje), in Croatian literature also eastern microdialects of Western Goran subdialect (Serbo-Croatian: zapadni goranski poddijalekt, zapadni gorskokotarski poddijalekt, Slovene: zahodni goranski govori, zahodni gorskokotarski govori),^[4] is a dialect spoken along the Kupa Valley in Slovenia and Croatia, around Banja Loka and Brod na Kupi.^[5] The dialect originates from Alpine Slavic, a predecessor of modern Slovene, but speakers living in Croatia self-identify as speaking Croatian.^[6] The dialect borders the Mixed Kočevje subdialects to the north, the Southern White Carniolan and Eastern Goran dialect to the east, the Čabranka dialect to the west, and the Goran dialects to the south and east, as well Shtokavian, which is spoken in Moravice and neighboring villages. The dialect belongs to the Lower Carniolan dialect group, and it evolved from the Lower Carniolan dialect base.^[7][8] Until recently, the neighboring Čabranka dialect was considered part of the Kostel dialect, but it was later discovered that both dialects had evolved separately but are in process of becoming more similar to each other.^[9]