Soča dialect
The Soča dialect is a Slovene dialect in the Littoral dialect group. It includes the subdialects of Borjana, Kobarid, and Bovec in the Upper Soča Valley.The dialect is spoken in Slovenia, in the upper Soča Valley, between the border with Italy and the western foothills of the Julian Alps. It is spoken in the whole territory of the municipality of Bovec, in most of the municipality of Kobarid, and in several villages in the western and southern parts of the Municipality of Tolmin.The Soča dialect has pitch accent, non-retracted accents on final syllables, except in the Bovec area, and the phonological development v > b, known as betacizem in Slovene.
