{"id":6566,"date":"2022-05-25T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderinghelene.com\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2022-05-25T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:39:21","slug":"month-names-in-slovenian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderinghelene.com\/month-names-in-slovenian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Interesting Evolution of Month Names in Slovene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I first began learning Slovene<\/a>, I was overjoyed to learn that the name of the months would be fairly easy to learn. Januar<\/em> for January, februar<\/em> for February, and so forth. Easy right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have been in a Slovenian home then you might have noticed that calendars have two names for each month. The modern Slovene name along with the archaic Slovene name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These archaic Slovene month names are primarily of Slavic origin. Wikipedia<\/a> does a fantastic job with an expansive chart documenting these old names of the month across Slavic languages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They first appeared in the \u0160kofja Loka manuscript in 1466. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u0160kofja Loka manuscript can be seen in the Lo\u0161ki Museum<\/a>. Which is a lovely day trip from Ljubljana for those looking to avoid the crowds and learn about Slovenia’s history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, what I find the most fascinating is that Slovene doesn’t have just one set of these archaic month names. No, that would be too easy! Different regions of Slovenia sometimes had their own name for the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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