Kajkavian dialect

E157002

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.

All labels observed (3)

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

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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 Međimurje Kajkavian
linked to: Kajkavian dialect

Varaždin Kajkavian
Zagreb Kajkavian
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
historicallyUsedIn literature of the Habsburg-era Kingdom of Croatia
religious texts in northwestern Croatia
influencedBy German language
linked to: German

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

Podravina
Prigorje
spokenIn Krapina-Zagorje County
Međimurje County
Varaždin County
Zagreb region
northwestern Croatia
linked to: northern 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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (4)

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

Croatian alsoUsesDialect Kajkavian dialect
Kajkavian dialect hasSubdialect Zagreb Kajkavian
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Kajkavian dialect hasSubdialect Međimurje Kajkavian
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Shtokavian dialect contrastedWith Kajkavian dialect