| Buzet dialect | |
|---|---|
| buzetski dijalekt | |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| IETF | ckm-u-sd-hr18 |
TheBuzet dialect (Croatian:buzetski dijalekt; also known asbuzetsko-gornjomiranski orgornjomiranski) is a sub-dialect of theChakaviandialect inCroatia. It is spoken in northernIstria aroundBuzet.[1]
The Buzet dialect is a natural transition betweenChakavian,Kajkavian and theSlovenian language. Initially some considered it part of the Kajkavian language area, in the past it was also classified (e.g. byFran Ramovš) as a Slovene dialect, but other linguists, includingMieczysław Małecki andPavle Ivić among others, managed to rightly define it as Chakavian and part of the literary Serbo-Croatian language.[2][3]
The primary features that separate the Buzet dialect from the rest of the Chakavian dialects are in the development of theCommon Slavic vocalism:[4]
The prosodical system diverges from that of other Chakavian speeches (having lost, for example, the difference between long and short accented vowels).[5] Another unusual feature is the usage of Kajkavian interrogative pronounkaj "what", instead of the usual Chakavianča.
As far as the division of Chakavian dialects in Southeastern and Northwestern is concerned, Buzet dialect belongs to Northwestern Chakavian. The Buzet dialect can be divided into two sub-dialects, Northern (majority) and Southern (minority).[6]