Southern Chakavian () or Ikavian Chakavian is a dialect of the
Chakavian variety of Croatian. It is spoken in the area south of the
Central Chakavian area, in a narrow strip of Dalmatian littoral and the neighbouring islands: outskirts of
Split and
Zadar
Zadar ( , ), historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian, ; see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar ...
;
Korčula,
Pelješac,
Brač
Brač is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, with an area of ,
making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide.[Hvar
Hvar (; Chakavian: ''Hvor'' or ''For''; ; ; ) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis (island), Vis and Korčula. Approximately long,
with a high east–west ridge of M ...]
,
Vis and
Šolta
Šolta (; ; ) is an island in Croatia. It is situated in the Adriatic Sea in the central Dalmatian archipelago.
Geography
Šolta is located west of the island of Brač, south of Split (city), Split (separated by Split Channel) and east of the D ...
. It is also present in the Northwestern part of
Istria
Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; ; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian: ; ; ) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at th ...
.
The speech of
Split originally belonged to this dialect, but under the influence of Shtokavian immigrants and standard Croatian promoted by the state media, a local variant that has lost many of characteristic Chakavian traits developed, even though a part of older population retains Chakavian in their speech.
Much speech in this dialect mixes Chakavian and Shtokavian features. It is assumed that in the past this dialect covered larger territory in the hinterland, being gradually suppressed by constant migrations who carried Shtokavian speech at its cost.
Common Slavic
yat phoneme had a reflex of /i/ in this dialect. Thus we have , , , as opposed to Standard Croatian (Neo-Shtokavian) ', , , all descending from earlier Proto-West-South-Slavic forms , , .
Slavomolisano dialect
''Slavomolisano'', also known as Molise Slavic or Molise Croatian (; ), is a variety of Shtokavian dialect, Shtokavian Croatian language, Croatian spoken by Croats of Italy, Italian Croats in three villages – Montemitro (), Acquaviva Collecro ...
, as well
Southwestern Istrian, which are mostly or partly Western Shtokavian ( and ) with Ikavian accent, have a massive Southern Chakavian
adstratum.
References
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{{Chakavian dialects
Croatian dialects
Dialects of Serbo-Croatian