The local dialect of Kavran in the context of Northwestern Li？njan dialects

Sa？etak This article examines the phonological and morphological characteristics of the local dialect of Kavran in the context of neighboring Northwestern Li？njan dialects, those of Munti？ and Valtura, as well as the so-far recorded local dialects of Mar？ana: Hrelji？i, Krnica, Loborika, Mar？ana, Mutvoran, Orbani？i, Peru？ki, Prodol, Rakalj, and ？egoti？i, and the southern sub-group of Barban dialects which are found in the villages of Manjadvorci, Rebi？i, Hrboki, Borni？i, and ？kita？a. It is concluded that the Kavran dialect is equivalent to the dialect of Munti？. From the dialect of Valtura it is differentiated by the realization of the phonemes *？ and *？, the consonant groups *stьj, *zdьj, *jьt, *jьd, the infinitive suffix, which is consistently truncated, as well as the suffixes for the locative and infinitive case forms of the plural of male and neuter nouns. It differs from all hereto described Mar？ana and south Barban sub-group dialects by the suffixes for the dative, locative, and instrumental case forms of the plural of male, female, and neuter nouns. From the dialects of Mar？ana, Krnica, Orbani？i, Prodol, and Hrelji？i, as well as the southern Barban sub-group of dialects, it differs also in its system of accents