TheŠavrin Hills subdialect (šavrinski govor,[1]šavrinščina,[2]šavrinsko podnarečje[3]) is aSlovene subdialect of theIstrian dialect in theLittoral dialect group. It is spoken in the Šavrin Hills (Slovene:Šavrinsko gričevje) south of a line fromKoper to south ofZazid. It includes the settlements of Koper,Izola,Portorož,Sečovlje,Šmarje,Sočerga, andRakitovec.[3][4]
Like theRižana subdialect, the Šavrin Hills subdialect is based on characteristics of theLower Carniolan andLittoral dialect groups. The Šavrin Hills subdialect is additionally based on a mixture of Slovene,Croatian, andSerbian dialect elements connected with the settlement of theUskoks in Istria in the 16th and 17th centuries.[5] Accented vowels do not have a length contrast. The vowel system differs from the Rižana subdialect in that the long accented vowels are monophthongal. Verbalconjugation lacks thedual. The Šavrin Hills subdialect shares many lexical features with theRižana subdialect, with manyloanwords fromRomance languages.
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