Kajkavian

English
location map of the three main dialect groups in Croatia

Etymology

From the regional Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun kaj (“what”), which is used in that region instead of the standard što.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaɪˈkɑːviən/

Proper noun

Kajkavian

  1. A South Slavic language or supradialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken in central Croatia.[1][2]

References
  1. Klaus J. Mattheier (1991) Sociolinguistica‎, M. Niemeyer, →ISBN
  2. Eliasson, Stig, Jahr, Ernst Håkon, editors (1997), Language and Its Ecology: Essays in Memory of Einar Haugen‎, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 29–

Noun

Kajkavian (plural Kajkavians)

  1. A speaker of Kajkavian, or a native of northern Croatia.

Adjective

Kajkavian (comparative more Kajkavian, superlative most Kajkavian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Kajkavians or their language.

Further reading
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