Dubrovnik subdialect

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Dubrovnik dialect
Indo-European
  • Shtokavian
    • Neo-Shtokavian
      • Dubrovnik dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone

The Dubrovnik subdialect is a subdialect of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian.[1] It is spoken in the area of Dubrovnik and the littoral of the former Republic of Ragusa, from Janjina on the Pelješac peninsula to the Croatian border with Montenegro, island of Mljet.[2]

It is the least widespread of the Serbo-Croatian subdialects in Croatia. It has

vowels, morphology and so on.[2]

The majority of

Venetian dialects). Lexicon also has some similarities with Chakavian, and does not have many Turkish loanwords.[2]

During the time of the Republic of Ragusa the subdialect was called the Ragusan language ("dubrovački jezik") by both native speakers and foreigners, e.g. Euridiče, tradžikomedija Paše Primovića Latiničića Dubrovčanina, prinesena po njemu u jezik dubrovački iz jezika latinskoga (Ragusan author from 1617),[3] 'Vanghielia i pistule istomaccene s Missala novvoga rimskoga u iesik dubrovacki sa grada i darxave dubrovacke (Bartol Kašić, non-Ragusan author, from 1638).[4]

In California (

Watsonville), Croatian emigration preserved well local speech type of Konavle.[2]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780930042592
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 9532121684
    .
  3. ^ Pavić, Armin (1871). Historija dubrovačke drame (in Croatian). Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti – via Archive.org.
  4. Hrvatski biografski leksikon
    (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-05.

External links

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