Compare two dialects of Croatian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Gradišćanskohrvatski · Burgenland Croat
A Croatian minority language of Burgenland in eastern Austria, descended from Croatian-speaking refugees and settlers who arrived in the Habsburg borderlands from the sixteenth century onward. It has its own literary tradition and is used in bilingual education, church life, and minority media.
Čakavski
A South Slavic dialect group of the Adriatic coast and islands of Croatia, named for its pronoun "ča". Older than Štokavian and the medium of significant medieval Croatian literature.
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