Wends dialect

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Wends madžarskih/prekmurskih slovenski narečje
Spoken in:	Slovenia, Hungary and emigrant groups in various countries
Total speakers:	70 thousand
Language family:	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Slovenian Western South Slavic Wends
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	`sl`
ISO 639-2:	`slv`
ISO 639-3:	`slv`

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The Wends dialect or Prekmurian dialect, Prekmurian language also known hungarian: vend nyelv or vend nyelvjárás; slovenian: prekmursko narečje or prekmurski jezik, prekmurščina; german: Wendische/Windische Dialekt or Übermurgebietische dialekt is a Slovenian dialect in Hungary, and in East-Slovenia (in the Region Prekmurje) language of the Hungarian Slovenes and the Prekmurian Slovenes, family of the South Slavic languages (the traditional Hungarian name for the Slovenians used to be Vendek also known English Wends, German Wendisch/Windisch).

The Wends utter "ü" (/Wends=Slovenian=English/ Gjünác=Vol=Ox; Ülanca=Ilovica=Clay; Vkjüp/Vküper=Vkup/Skupaj=Together) and "ö" (Kjöjpiti=Kupiti=Shopping; Öčak=Sekirica=Ax) characters, frequent the "au" Diphthongs (Baug=Bog=God, Kaus=Kos=Trush, Paut=Pot=Road) and the "j" voice's (Vejndrik=Mogoče=Perhaps; Kajbinej=Kako da ne=Nope; Lejta=Leta=Year). Many the archaic words, examp. in the Second Freising manuscripts (9th century), the word mirski (abominable, hateable), as well Hungarian and German Loanword (Ferték=Umreti/Zdelan/Dokončan=Fertig=Dead/Tired/Ready; Sabau=Szabó=Krojač=Tailor). It is spoken by approximately 70 thousand speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. In Hungary romour has mostly near in Szentgotthárd, together with in Somogy (Tarany village), here and there in Budapest, Szombathely, Bakony and Mosonmagyaróvár. Besides in Austria, Germany and the United States.