Chakavian dialect

E621580

The Chakavian dialect is one of the main traditional dialects of the Croatian language, primarily spoken along the Adriatic coast and islands, known for its distinctive phonology and vocabulary.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chakavian dialect canonical 2
Chakavian 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Croatian dialect
South Slavic dialect
dialect
closelyRelatedTo Kajkavian dialect
Shtokavian dialect NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Kajkavian dialect NERFINISHED
Shtokavian dialect
hasCulturalAssociation Adriatic maritime culture of Croats
hasFeature distinctive phonology
distinctive vocabulary
frequent use of the interrogative pronoun ča
preservation of older Slavic lexical items
three-accent system in many varieties
hasLexicalFeature numerous maritime and fishing terms
hasPhonologicalFeature frequent palatalization patterns distinct from Shtokavian
specific reflexes of Common Slavic jat
hasSubdialect Buzet subdialect
Central Chakavian NERFINISHED
Cres-Lošinj subdialect
Hvar subdialect
Korčula subdialect
Krk subdialect NERFINISHED
Lastovo subdialect
North Chakavian NERFINISHED
South Chakavian NERFINISHED
Vis subdialect
historicallyUsedAs literary language in parts of the Croatian coast
influencedBy Italian language NERFINISHED
Romance loanwords
Venetian language
languageBranch Slavic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup South Slavic languages NERFINISHED
namedAfter interrogative pronoun ča
oneOfMainDialectsOf Croatian language NERFINISHED
partOf Croatian language NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Croatian linguistic tradition
spokenIn Adriatic coast of Croatia NERFINISHED
Croatia NERFINISHED
Croatian islands NERFINISHED
Dalmatia NERFINISHED
Istria NERFINISHED
Kvarner Gulf region NERFINISHED
status regional dialect
subdivisionOf Serbo-Croatian dialect continuum NERFINISHED
usedBy ethnic Croats
usedIn Croatian oral poetry
traditional folk songs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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Kajkavian dialect contrastedWith Chakavian dialect
Serbo-Croatian hasDialect Chakavian dialect
this entity surface form: Chakavian
Shtokavian dialect contrastedWith Chakavian dialect