Central Chakavian Explained

Central Chakavian
Nativename:Croatian: srednječakavski dijalekt
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Balto-Slavic
Fam3:Slavic
Fam4:South Slavic
Fam5:Western
Fam6:Chakavian
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:none

Central Chakavian (also translated as Middle Chakavian; Croatian: srednječakavski dijalekt) is a dialect of the Chakavian variety of Croatian. It is spoken on the islands Dugi, Kornati, Lošinj, Krk, Rab, Ugljan (except the southernmost Southern Chakavian village of Kukljica, exhibiting many shared features with Ugljan's otherwise Central Chakavian dialects) Pag, on the land the cities of Vinodol, Ogulin, Brinje, Otočac, the area around Duga Resa, part of Central and Northeastern Istria (including Čičarija dialect in Slovenian part), and Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki (Oštrc, Črešnjevec pri Oštrcu, Črneča Vas, Vrtača, Vrbje) in Slovenia.[1]

This dialect is peculiar for its mixed Ikavian - Ekavian reflex of Common Slavic yat vowel, which was governed by Meyer–Jakubinskij's law.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Lisac, Josip . Josip Lisac . 2009 . Hrvatska Dijalektologija 2. Čakavsko narječje . Croatian Dialectology 2: Chakavian dialect . Srednjočakavski dijalekt . hr . Zagreb . Golden Marketing-Tehnička knjiga . 9789532121698 . 95–96.