Kajkavian dialect

E157002
Kajkavian South Slavic dialect dialect of Croatian

The Kajkavian dialect is a South Slavic variety traditionally spoken in northwestern Croatia, distinguished by its unique phonological and lexical features within the Croatian language.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kajkavian dialect canonical 2
Međimurje Kajkavian 1
Zagreb Kajkavian 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kajkavian ⓘ
South Slavic dialect ⓘ
dialect of Croatian ⓘ
contrastedWith Chakavian dialect ⓘ
Shtokavian dialect ⓘ
country Croatia ⓘ
hasAccentuationFeature distinct prosodic system from Neo-Shtokavian ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature distinct verbal aspect usage in some constructions ⓘ
specific pronoun system differing from Shtokavian ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature lexical items distinct from Standard Croatian ⓘ
numerous German loanwords ⓘ
numerous Hungarian loanwords ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature different reflexes of Proto-Slavic jat ⓘ
distinct vowel system compared to Shtokavian ⓘ
frequent use of diphthongs in some subdialects ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus primarily spoken, non-official variety ⓘ
hasSubdialect Kajkavian dialect self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Međimurje Kajkavian

Varaždin Kajkavian ⓘ
Kajkavian dialect self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zagreb Kajkavian
historicallyUsedIn literature of the Habsburg-era Kingdom of Croatia ⓘ
religious texts in northwestern Croatia ⓘ
influencedBy German ⓘ
surface form: German language

Hungarian language ⓘ
Slovene ⓘ
surface form: Slovene language
languageBranch Slavic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup South Slavic languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with Chakavian dialect ⓘ
partially intelligible with Standard Croatian ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom interrogative pronoun kaj ⓘ
partOf Croatian ⓘ
surface form: Croatian language
recognizedAs one of the three main dialect groups of Croatian ⓘ
region Hrvatsko Zagorje ⓘ
surface form: Croatian Zagorje

Podravina ⓘ
Prigorje ⓘ
spokenIn Krapina-Zagorje County ⓘ
Međimurje County ⓘ
Varaždin County ⓘ
Zagreb region ⓘ
northern Croatia ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Croatia

parts of Slovenia ⓘ
standardLanguageRelation non-standard variety relative to Standard Croatian ⓘ
subclassOf Croatian dialect ⓘ
South Slavic language variety ⓘ
usedFor regional identity expression in northwestern Croatia ⓘ
usedIn folk songs of northwestern Croatia ⓘ
regional theatre in Zagreb and surroundings ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Croatian → alsoUsesDialect → Kajkavian dialect ⓘ
Kajkavian dialect → hasSubdialect → Kajkavian dialect self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zagreb Kajkavian
Kajkavian dialect → hasSubdialect → Kajkavian dialect self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Međimurje Kajkavian
Shtokavian dialect → contrastedWith → Kajkavian dialect ⓘ