| Šumadija–Vojvodina | |
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| шумадијско-војвођански šumadijsko-vojvođanski | |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | suma1275 |
 Map showing the distribution of theShtokavian subdialects. | |
Šumadija–Vojvodina dialect (Serbo-Croatian:шумадијско-војвођански дијалект /šumadijsko-vojvođanski dijalekt) is a dialect ofShtokavian /Serbo-Croatian.[1] It is a base forEkavianStandard Serbian.
The dialect is mainly spoken inSerbia or more exactly in most of the province ofVojvodina, as well as inBelgrade,Mačva,Šumadija, andwestern Serbia. Some of the speakers could be also found in neighboring areas ofRomania,Croatia andHungary.
In the 16th century, the dialect was spoken in entire Vojvodina,[2] as well as in some parts of present-day Hungary and Romania. During theGreat Serb Migration from 1690, many speakers of the dialect were settled in theBudapest region. Most of these settlers were later assimilated.[2] During the 18th and 19th century, the territorial distribution of the dialect was reduced due to the migrations of speakers ofHungarian language from the north and speakers ofRomanian language from the east.
Šumadija–Vojvodina dialect is a base for the standardEkavian version of theSerbian literary language.[2] It was also a base for the Serbian literary language in the 18th and 19th century, before the linguistic reform was introduced byVuk Karadžić.[2] During the reform, the standard variety of the dialect was adapted to be more similar toIjekavian dialect.
