Dubrovnik subdialect
| Dubrovnik dialect | |
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TheDubrovnik subdialectis a subdialect of theShtokaviandialect ofCroatian.[1]It is spoken in the area ofDubrovnikand the littoral of the formerRepublic of Ragusa,fromJanjinaon thePelješacpeninsula to the Croatian border withMontenegro,island ofMljet.[2]
It is the least widespread of the Croatian subdialects in Croatia. It hasIjekavianaccent, with a sporadic presence ofIkavisms.[2]Unlike mainEastern Herzegovinian dialectwhich is part ofEastern Shtokavian,the Dubrovnikan subdialect wasWestern Shtokavian,and shared some common features including Ikavisms with other Western Shtokavian subdialects. It was, basically, a transitional dialect between Western Shtokavian, Eastern Shtokavian andChakaviandialect.[2]Neoshtokavisation gave similar results in Dubrovnik as in East Herzegovina, but starting points were different for both, and its Ijekavian accent does not originate from East Herzegovina because lacks yat reflexes like in other dialects (most similar toEastern Bosnian dialect).[2]This subdialect was once independent Western Shtokavian subdialect, but after migrations and Neoshtokavisation, it can be considered as part of Ijekavian Neoshtokavian East Herzegovina(-Krajina) dialect, but representing a specific idiom.[2]Some features are still different, like accent,vowels,morphology and so on.[2]
The majority ofloanwordscome from the Ragusan dialect of theDalmatian languageand fromItalian(FlorentineandVenetian dialects). Lexicon also has some similarities with Chakavian, and does not have many Turkish loanwords.[2]
During the time of theRepublic of Ragusathe subdialect was called the Ragusan language ( "dubrovački jezik" ) by both native speakers and foreigners, e.g.Euridiče, tradžikomedija Paše Primovića Latiničića Dubrovčanina, prinesena po njemu ujezik dubrovačkiiz jezika latinskoga(Ragusan author from 1617),[3]'Vanghielia i pistule istomaccene s Missala novvoga rimskoga uiesik dubrovackisa grada i darxave dubrovacke(Bartol Kašić, non-Ragusan author, from 1638).[4]
In California (Watsonville), Croatian emigration preserved well local speech type ofKonavle.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Stolz, Benjamin A.; Titunik, I. R.; Doležel, Lubomír, eds. (1984).Language and Literary Theory: In Honor of Ladislav Matejka.Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.ISBN9780930042592.
- ^abcdefghLisac, Josip(2003).Hrvatska Dijalektologija 1. Hrvatski dijalekti i govori štokavskog narječja i hrvatski govori torlačkog narječja[Croatian Dialectology 1: Croatian dialects and speeches of the Shtokavian dialect and Croatian speeches of the Torlakian dialect] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Golden Marketing-Tehnička knjiga. pp. 16, 98, 106–111.ISBN9532121684.
- ^Pavić, Armin(1871).Historija dubrovačke drame(in Croatian). Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti – via Archive.org.
- ^Katičić, Radoslav(2009)."Kašić, Bartol (Cassio, Cassius, Kassicch; Bartul, Bartolomeo, Bartholomaeus, Baro)".Hrvatski biografski leksikon(in Croatian).Retrieved2022-03-05.
External links
[edit]- VijenacJosip Lisac:Dubrovnik i hrvatska tradicija(in Croatian)