Also known as: Hrvatski, Standard Croatian
The Zagreb-based standard of Croatian, built on a Štokavian basis. Distinguished from Serbian by lexical preferences and a strict Latin-script orthography.
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Croatian is a dialect of the Croatian language.
Croatian is primarily spoken in Croatia.
Croatian is part of the Europe region on DialectAtlas.
Yes — Croatian is also referred to as Hrvatski, Standard Croatian.
Croatian also includes Burgenland Croatian, Čakavian. Each variety has its own vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context.
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
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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.
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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.