Chakavian

Chakavian or Čakavian is a South Slavic language spoken mainly by Croats who live along the Adriatic coast, in the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, Croatian Littoral and parts of Central Croatia.

Chakavian
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Native to	Croatia Slovenia (Račice, Kozina)
Ethnicity	Croats
Native speakers	80,000  (2019)e24
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western South Slavic Chakavian
Standard forms	Burgenland Croatian
Dialects	Buzet Northern Chakavian Central Chakavian Southern Chakavian Southwestern Istrian Southeastern Chakavian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ckm
300px Distribution of Chakavian

Chakavian Media

• Razvitak hrvatskog.png

  Schematic presentation of the development of Chakavian, Western Shtokavian and Kajkavian dialects and sub-dialects, according to data by M. Kapović, J. Lisac, I. Lukežić and M. Lončarić.

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  Assumed distribution of Chakavian (blue), Kajkavian (yellow), and Western Shtokavian (green) before 16th century migrations. Modern state borders shown.

• Croatian dialects in Cro and BiH 1.PNG

  Location map of dialects in Croatia and areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croat majority. Chakavian in blue.

• Chackavian dialects.png

  Chakavian dialects in Croatia, according to D. Brozović

• Map Istrian Dialects Cakavian Brozovic.svg

  Chakavian dialect in Istria, by D. B.*     Northern Chakavian*     Buzet dialect*     Central Chakavian*     Southern Chakavian*     Southwestern Istrian