Sorica dialect

Date of inscription: 
03/04/2023

Below you can find a short description of an element listed in the Register of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Slovenia

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A performance in the Sorica dialect. Photo: M. Markelj, 2021

The Sorica dialect is a partially Slovenized Tyrolean (German) dialect, which is still spoken by only a few inhabitants of the upper part of the Selška Valley, descendants of German-speaking immigrants from the Tyrol from the 13th century, in Sorica, Danje and the neighboring villages below Ratitovec in the Municipality of Železniki.

The bearer of the element of the intangible cultural heritage is: 

1. Turistično društvo Sorica.