Kajkavian dialect

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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 (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 (15)

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 ⓘ
Hrvatsko Zagorje → regionalDialect → Kajkavian ⓘ
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Zagreb region → usesDialectGroup → Kajkavian dialect group ⓘ
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Chakavian dialect → contrastedWith → Kajkavian dialect ⓘ
Varaždin Kajkavian → subdivisionOf → Kajkavian dialect ⓘ
Varaždin Kajkavian → subdivisionOf → Croatian Kajkavian ⓘ
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Varaždin Kajkavian → closelyRelatedTo → Zagreb Kajkavian ⓘ
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Varaždin Kajkavian → closelyRelatedTo → Međimurje Kajkavian ⓘ
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Varaždin Kajkavian → belongsTo → Kajkavian dialect area ⓘ
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Prigorje → dominantLanguageVariety → Kajkavian Croatian ⓘ
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
Podravina → hasLanguageVariety → Kajkavian dialect ⓘ
Western South Slavic languages → hasMember → Kajkavian dialect ⓘ