Slovene Hills dialect

The Slovene Hills dialect (, "goričanščina") is a Slovene dialect in the Pannonian dialect group. It is spoken in the Slovene Hills () between the Drava and Mura rivers east of a line from Maribor to Šentilj v Slovenskih Goricah and west of a line from Radenci to Gradišče.
Phonological and morphological characteristics.
The Slovene Hills dialect features different reflexes of long etymological "o" and jat based on former tonemic differences, newly accented "e" is open, and "r" > "ar". Neuter nouns have undergone feminization or maculinization, and plural locative and instrumental endings are typically characterized by an "a" vowel (e.g., "-ah" instead of "-ih").