Slovene is sometimes characterized as the most diverse Slavic language in terms of its dialects, with different degrees of mutual intelligibility. Accounts of the number of dialects range from as few as sevenMcDonald, Gordon C. 1979. Yugoslavia: A Country Study. Washington, DC: American University, p. 93Greenberg, Marc L. 2009. "Slovene." In Keith Brown & Sarah Ogilvie (eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, pp. 981–984. Oxford: Elsevier, p. 981.Brown, E. K. & Anne Anderson. 2006. Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics: Sca-Spe. Oxford: Elsevier, p. 424 dialects, often considered dialect groups or dialect bases that are further subdivided into as many as 50 dialects.Sussex, Roland, & Paul V. Cubberley. 2006. The Slavic languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 502. Other sources characterize the number of dialects as nineSławski, Franciszek. 1962. Zarys dialektologii południowosłowiańskiej. Warsaw: PAN. or eight. The Slovene proverb "Every village has its own voice" () depicts the differences in dialects.
Slovene is sometimes characterized as the most diverse Slavic language in terms of its dialects, with different degrees of mutual intelligi,bility. Accounts of the number of dialects range from as few as sevenMcDonald, Gordon C. 1979. Yugoslavia: A Country Study. Washington, DC: American University, p. 93Greenberg, Marc L. 2009. "Slovene." In Keith B,rown & Sarah Ogilvie (eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, pp. 981–984. Oxford: Elsevier, p. 981.Brown, E. K. & Anne Anderson. 2006. Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics: Sca-Spe. Oxford: Elsevier, p. 424 dialects, often considered dialect groups or dialect bases that are further subdivided into as many as 50 dialects.Sussex, Roland, & Paul V. Cubberley. 2006. The Slavic languages. Cambridge: .Cambridge University Press, p. 502. Other sources characterize the number of dialects as nineSławski, Franciszek. 1962. Zarys dialektologii południowosłowiańskiej. Warsaw: PAN. or eight. The Slovene proverb "Every village has its own voice" () depicts the differences in dialects.