Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect
The Eastern Lower Carniolan subdialect is a Slovene subdialect in the Lower Carniolan [dialect group]. It is spoken south of the Lower [Sava Valley dialect] in the watersheds of the Mirna and Temenica rivers, east of a line running from west of Trebnje and west of Novo Mesto to the lower Krka Valley. The dialect includes the settlements of Kostanjevica [na Krki], Krmelj, Mirna, Mokronog, Novo Mesto, Raka, Šentjernej, Šentrupert, Škocjan and Trebnje.