#slovene littoral

[mothmiso]

Slovenia (2) (3) (4) (5) by Vida Ficko

Via Flickr:

(1) Beautiful landscape and Visoka peč in the background. (2) (3) Soča river, Bovec.     

[eucanthos]

Giuseppe Tominz (Italian-Slovene born in the Austrian Littoral, 1790–1866) 

Dama s kamelijo ca. 1850 (detail). Oil on canvas: 94.5 cm (37.2 in); width: 79 cm (31.1 in) Collection National Gallery of Slovenia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Tominz

[sollunstel-blog]

Hiya! I’m gonna start blogging regularly again as a lot of interesting things are going on in my life that I’d like to share with the aether. Ancient cultural heritage is having a bit of a renaissance in Slovenia atm, and it’s a topic that I’m particularly passionate about, so I’m gonna be writing about this other related topics. It’s a long post, but I hope you guys enjoy it!

[protoindoeuropean]

could you please explain whether slovene has palatal consonants? is the nj in ‘konj’ a true palatal sound or something else like a longer /l/? i’m confused because sometimes i read slovene has palatals but other times they aren’t included in the charts of phonemes.

the standard language does not. preconsonantally and word-finally it's plain l or n: konj# [ˈkɔn], konjski [ˈkɔnski] (i do think that what i produce here are rather [l͈] and [n͈] – with more tongue contact than normal [l] and [n], but it's not really a perceptible difference), while prevocalically they are unpacked into distinct phonemes, l-j and n-j: konja [ˈkɔnja].

in the dialects, however, things are different. palatal or palatalized ĺ ([ʎ] or [lʲ], depending on the dialect) and ń ([ɲ] or [nʲ]) are preserved at the edges of the slovene-speaking area, i. e. the prekmurian dialect, some western carinthian dialects and the littoral dialect group. elsewhere it is plain l, while plain n is more restricted, some dialects and dialect groups reflecting j or jn for original *ń. some have different reflexes depending on the environment: eastern lower carniolan [ˈku̯ój], [ˈku̯òja] (prevocalically and word-finally) vs. [ˈku̯ònski] (preconsonantally).

tl;dr some slovene does have palatals, some doesn't, and the standard language falls into the second group

ETA: the standard language of course influences dialect speakers as ppl are often taught that their palatal(ized) pronunciation is wrong, which then influences how they speak not only the standard language but also their dialect

[homeosloven]

27th April - Day of Uprising Against Occupation

Today Slovenia remembers the establishment of the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (Osvobodilna Fronta Slovenskega Naroda). Its purpose was to organize armed resistance against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy until the final liberation of the Slovene nation, including the Slovenes of Carinthia and the Littoral. They also promoted Yugoslav solidarity and unity in the struggle against imperialism and capitalism.

The Liberation Front was more than just a military organization, it was a political and cultural movement that laid the foundation for the Slovene state after the war. In 1944 the front reorganized itself into the Slovene National Liberation Committee, which later appointed the second Slovene government and declared the formation of the People's Republic of Slovenia/Socialist Republic of Slovenia. The Liberation Committee was dissolved in 1946 after the election of the Constituent Assembly of the People's Republic of Slovenia.

Tovarišice in Tovariši, danes in za vedno: Smrt fašizmu!

[gwendolynlerman]

Languages of the world

Slovene (slovenščina)

Basic facts

Number of native speakers: 2.5 million

Official language: Slovenia

Recognized minority language: Austria, Italy

Language of diaspora: Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

Script: Latin, 25 letters

Grammatical cases: 6

Linguistic typology: fusional, SVO

Language family: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South Slavic, Western

Number of dialects: 8 main groups

History

10th century - first written evidence of Slovene

1550 - first grammar

16th century - standard Slovene

1866 - first novel

Writing system and pronunciation

These are the letters that make up the alphabet: a b c č d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s š t u v z ž.

The orthography is a combination of phonetic and etymological principles, with the latter being more prominent. For this reason, the same letter is not always read in the same way.

Stress can be on any syllable. Words stressed on different syllables often have different meanings.

Grammar

Nouns have three genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), three numbers (singular, dual, and plural), and six cases (nominative, accusative, genitive dative, locative, instrumental). They can also be animate or inanimate.

Pronouns use endings from noun and adjective declensions. Definiteness is marked only in adjectives.

Verbs are conjugated for tense, mood (conditional, imperative, and indicative), aspect, person, and number. There are many irregular verbs.

Dialects

There are eight dialect groups: Upper Carniolan, Lower Carniolan, Styrian, Pannonian, Carinthian, Littoral, Rovte, and Mixed Kočevje.

Lower Carniolan can be further subdivided into Lower Carniolan, North White Carniolan, South White Carniolan, and Kostel. Styrian comprises Central Savinja, Upper Savinja, Central Styrian, South Pohorje, Kozje-Bizeljsko, and Lower Sava Valley. The Pannonian group includes Prekmurje, Slovenian Hills, Prlekija, and Haloze. Carinthian is made up by North Pohorje-Remšnik, Mežica, Jaun Valley, Ebriach, Rosen Valley, and Gail Valley. Littoral Slovene includes Resia, Soča, Torre Valley, Natisone Valley, Brda, Karst, Istrian, Inner Carniolan, and Čičarija. Rotve comprises Tolmin, Cerkno, Poljane, Škofja Loka, Črni Vrh, and Horjul.

Not all of them are mutually intelligible and feature differences in phonology and lexicon. Standard Slovene is based on Upper and Lower Carniolan dialects.

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A restaurant in Piran, Slovenia

A restaurant in Piran, Slovenia

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[today-in-wwi]

Republic Declared in Austria

Territories claimed by the Republic of German-Austria.  In addition to modern-day Austria (excepting Burgenland, at that time still in Hungary), it included South Tyrol (already occupied by the Italians) and the Sudetenland.

November 12 1918, Vienna--In the last two weeks of the war, Austria-Hungary had very quickly broken apart.  The Hungarian part of the empire split off entirely (and was itself under threat from the advancing Allies).  The new State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs had taken over much of what now forms Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and parts of northern Serbia.  Czechoslovakia declared independence and Kraków and the surrounding area had pledged allegiance to a new Polish state under Piłsudski.  The Ukrainians had established themselves in Lviv (though not without resistance from the Poles), while the Romanians had entered Bukovina and were preparing to move into Transylvania and the Italians had occupied  Trento, South Tyrol, and the Austrian Littoral (including Trieste and large parts of present-day Slovenia).  Even the German-populated portion of the empire was breaking away; on October 21, well before the other declarations of independence, the German Austrians had formed their own national committee.

When it became clear that none of his subjects wanted him anymore, Emperor Charles decided not to fight for his throne, ignoring pleas from Boroević to let him bring his army to Vienna to restore order.  On November 11, Charles, in a carefully-worded proclamation, announced that “I renounce all part in state affairs”--not technically an abdication, but it was taken as such.  On November 12, the German Austrian national committee declared the existence of the Republic of German-Austria, under the leadership of the Social Democrats.  German nationalism had been growing in Austria during the war, and it was commonly assumed that the new Republic would quickly join with Germany (as the new State of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs would join with Serbia).  The provisional constitution, issued on the same day, stated that “German-Austria is an integral part of the German republic.”  The next day, they began negotiations with Germany regarding a union, and they soon appealed for Wilson’s support on the basis of national self-determination.  The Allies were less than enthusiastic about enlarging defeated Germany, however, and made sure the union did not take place.

Today in 1917: Kerensky’s Attempt to Retake Petrograd Fails Today in 1916: Germany Expresses Interest in Mexican U-Boat Base Today in 1915: Russians Land in Persia as Germans Negotiate with Shah Today in 1914: Boer Rebel De Wet Defeated at Mushroom Valley

Sources include: Alexander Watson, Ring of Steel; Prit Buttar, The Splintered Empires.

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[protoindoeuropean]

If I remember correctly, you are from Celje ? Do People of Celje still identify as being from former Styria ? Is Slovenia divided into this Regions of the Past ? Thank you. 😊

the regional divisions are still very much alive, yeah, though it goes even more specific than just the historical regions – people from Celje are thus Štajerci – Styrians (limited strictly to the Slovene part of the historical region only, unlike in the case of Carinthians or those from the Littoral region (afaik)), but even more so Savinjčani – from the “Savinjska” region, named for the river Savinja.

The historical divisions of Slovenia are:

the Littoral (Primorska – Primorci) (← “Slovene name of the region” – “demonym (if it’s used)”)

including Slovene Istria (Istra) – though most people would identify with the macroregion rather than Istria itself

there are also more specific regional identifications, for example with the Karst region (Kras – Kraševci), Vipava valley (– Vipavci), Goriška Brda (– Brici), other smaller ones ... !this goes for all the following regions as well!

especially in the more mountainous parts the identification with the macroregion can be weaker

Carniola (Kranjska)

Upper Carniola (Gorenjska – Gorenjci)

Inner Carniola (Notranjska – Notranjci) – this one perhaps being the weakest in terms of local identification with it

Lower Carniola (Dolenjska – Dolenjci)

White Carniola (Bela krajina – Belokranjci)

though subregions of Carniola, Upper, Inner and Lower Carniola are considered equal to other macroregions like Styria, the Littoral, Prekmurje ...; people don’t identify with being Kranjci at all anymore

though traditionally divided between Carniola and Styria, Zasavje (– Zasavci) is considered its own region on par with the other macroregions nowadays

Styria (Štajerska – Štajerci)

Savinja region (Savinjska – Savinjčani)

Pohorje (– Pohorci)

Prlekija (– Prleki)

Prekmurje (– Prekmurci)

across the border with Hungary, there’s also Porabje (– Porabci)

together with Prlekija (which is traditionally Styrian), Prekmurje forms Pomurje; people prefer to identify with either Prekmurje or Prlekija though

Carinthia (Koroška – Korošci)

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