| Resian | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in | Italy | |
| Region | Resia valley | |
| Total speakers | ||
| Language family | Indo-European | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | ||
| ISO 639-3 | – | |
| South Slavic languages and dialects |
| Western South Slavic |
| Central South Slavic diasystem |
| Bosnian Štokavian dialect |
| Croatian Štokavian dialect Čakavian · Kajkavian Burgenland · Molise |
| Serbian Štokavian dialect Torlakian Slavoserbian Serbian Romany · Užice dialect |
| Slovene dialects Prekmurian dialect · Resian dialect |
| Differences between standard Bosnian · Croatian · Serbian |
|
Non-ISO recognized languages
Montenegrin · Bunjevacand dialects |
| Eastern South Slavic |
| Church Slavonic (Old) |
| Bulgarian Banat · Greek Slavic Shopski · Torlakian · Meshterski · more |
| Macedonian Dialects Aegean Macedonian Spoken Macedonian Standard Macedonian |
| Transitional dialects |
| Eastern-Central Torlak dialects · Gora dialect |
| Western-Central Kajkavian |
| Alphabets |
| Modern Gaj's Latin1 · Serbian Cyrillic Macedonian Cyrillic Bulgarian Cyrillic Slavica Slovene |
| Historical Bohoričica · Dajnčica · Metelčica Arebica · Bosnian Cyrillic Glagolitic · Early Cyrillic |
| 1 Includes Banat Bulgarian alphabet. |
The Resian dialect is a distinct dialect of the Slovene language spoken in Resia valley, Province of Udine, Italy, close to the border with Slovenia. Because of its remote location outside of Slovenia, the dialect has phonetical properties different from standard Slovenian, and from most other Slovene dialects.
Although not a regulated dialect (scholars consider it a dialect of Slovene rather than a different language), and without any official status in Italy, Resian is written with a Latin script different from that used for standard Slovene. The alphabet contains the letter /W/, which is a rare grapheme among Slavic languages; the exceptions being Polish and Lusatian.
Written Resian can mostly be understood by Slovenens, but spoken Resian is much harder to understand, especially those outside the Slovenian Littoral. Resian, forming a part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, shares numerous features with the Slovene dialects spoken in the Slovenian Littoral and Venetian Slovenia, and communication between these communities is intelligible. However, Resian and standard Slovene are mutually unintelligible due to archaisms not preserved in modern Slovene, and due to a significant Italian and Friulian influences on Resian vocabulary.
Notable linguists who have studied the dialect include Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay, Milko Matičetov, and Roberto Dapit.
See also
External links
- Resianic homepage, containing texts in Italian, German, Slovenian, and English, as well as a Resian-Slovenian dictionary
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