Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.21857/ygjwrc2kky
Phonology of Hum na Sutli
Anita Celinić
; Institut za hrvatski jezik
Abstract
The local dialect of Hum na Sutli is characterized by a complex phonological
system. Some key features of Hum phonology include:
– In prosody: a one-accent system, progressive shift of old Proto-Slavic
circumflexes, the retraction of short stress from the non-final syllable to the prestressed
length, and shortness in the penultima, as well as from the penultima to
the pre-stressed length. There is also a diachronic lengthening of initially stressed
short penultimate syllables (primarily in the penultima), which is reflected in the
vocalism.
– In the vowel system: an eleven-phoneme system of stressed vowels,
prephonologization of diachronic quantity into vowel quality, where all long
vowels, except a, have different reflections than short vowels, a complex
interrelation of initial vowels reflections, and the influence of nasal consonants
on vowel reflections.
– In the consonant system: the presence of the phoneme and the marginal
phoneme , the development of *tj and č into , the development of *stj and *skj
into š, and *zdj and *zgj into ž, the replacement of v with f in final position before
a pause or voiceless obstruents, and numerous changes in consonant clusters.
Many features of the Hum na Sutli local dialect are also found in other Upper
Sutla dialects, as well as in local dialects across the wider Croatian Zagorje area
and in western Croatian dialects in general. A number of dialectal features from
the Hum na Sutli local dialect are also present in the eastern local dialects of the
Central Styrian dialect of the Slovenian language. When analyzing the Croatian-
-Slovenian linguistic area, these include Upper Sutla-Central Styrian, Zagorje-
-Styrian, and generally Croatian-Slovenian dialectal features.
The Hum na Sutli local dialect stands out among neighboring dialects, as
well as among the local dialects of the Croatian language in general, due to the
development of the back nasal ǫ.
Keywords
Hum na Sutli; phonology; Croatian language; Kajkavian; dialectology; dialect of Upper Sutla
Hrčak ID:
324885
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Publication date:
23.12.2024.
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