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| Chakavian | |
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| čakavski | |
| Native to | Croatia Slovenia (Račice, Kozina) |
| Ethnicity | Croats |
Native speakers | 80,000 (2019)[1] |
Standard forms | |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ckm |
| Glottolog | chak1265 |
 Chakavian and transitional dialects, according to data from M. Kapović, J. Lisac, I. Lukežić | |
| South Slavic languages and dialects |
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Chakavian or Čakavian (/tʃæˈkɑːviən/, /tʃə-/, /-ˈkæv-/, Croatian: čakavski [tʃǎːkaʋskiː][2] proper name: čakavica or čakavština [tʃakǎːʋʃtina][3] own name: čokovski, čakavski, čekavski) is a South Slavic supradialect or language spoken by Croats along the Adriatic coast, in the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, Croatian Littoral and parts of coastal and southern Central Croatia (now collectively referred to as Adriatic Croatia or Littoral Croatia), as well as by the Burgenland Croats as Burgenland Croatian in southeastern Austria, northwestern Hungary and southwestern Slovakia as well as few municipalities in southern Slovenia on the border with Croatia.
Chakavian represents the basis for early literary standards in Croatia, and until the modern age was simply known and understood, along with the Kajkavian and Shtokavian idioms in Croatia, as the Croatian language (hrvatski jezik). Legal and liturgical to literary texts until the 16th century, including literary work by "the father of Croatian literature" Marko Marulić and the first Croatian dictionary authored by Faust Vrančić, among others, are mostly Chakavian in their form. The term Chakavian and definition of the dialect date from the mid-19th century.
- ^ Chakavian at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ "čákavskī". Hrvatski jezični portal. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "čakávština". Hrvatski jezični portal. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
