The Čičarija dialect (čiško narečje, čički dialektRigler, Jakob. 1963. Južnonotranjski govori. Ljubljana: SAZU, pp. 11–12.) is a Slovene dialect in the Littoral dialect group. It is spoken in a few villages in Slovenian Istria near the Croatian border in the Čičarija region in the villages of Skadanščina, Golac, Obrov, Podbeže, Podgrad, Poljane, Račice and Starod.Smole, Vera. 2001. "Zahodna slovenska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenije vol. 15, pp. 35–38. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, pp. 35.Toporišič, Jože. 1994. "Fran Ramovš kot narečjeslovec ." Slavistična revija 42(2/3): 159–170, p. 168. By number of speakers, it is one of the smallest Slovene dialects.
Phonological and morphological characteristics The Čičarija dialect is a mixed Slovenian–Croatian Central Chakavian dialect. It has been influenced by the Inner Carniolan dialect and has linguistic features indicating that it did not develop in the area, but was introduced through new settlement.
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