Buzet dialect
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Buzet dialect is a Čakavian Croatian dialect spoken in the southern Istria
, in the area around Buzet
.
Dialect is transitional to Slovenian
and Kajkavian dialects. Some consider him a part of Kajkavian dialect area, and in the past it has been classified (by e.g. Fran Ramovš) as a Slovenian dialect.
The primary features that separate Buzet dialect from the rest of the Čakavian dialects are in the development of the Common Slavic vocalism:
Prosodical system diverges from that of other Čakavian speeches, having lost e.g. the difference between long a short accented vowels. Another unusual feature is the usage of Kajkavian interrogative pronoun kaj 'what', instead of the usual Čakavian ča.
As far as the division of Čakavian dialects in Southeastern and Northwestern is concerned, Buzet dialect belongs to Northwestern Čakavian.
Buzet dialect has been extensively described in the book Buzetski govori (Annales, Kopar 2005) by Nataša Vivoda.
Istria
Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
, in the area around Buzet
Buzet
Buzet is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 6,059 . Already at the time of Venetian rule, Buzet supplied military stations and the local population with potable water. Today the region of Buze-stina is the central area of the future Native Park of Istria...
.
Dialect is transitional to Slovenian
Slovenian language
Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
and Kajkavian dialects. Some consider him a part of Kajkavian dialect area, and in the past it has been classified (by e.g. Fran Ramovš) as a Slovenian dialect.
The primary features that separate Buzet dialect from the rest of the Čakavian dialects are in the development of the Common Slavic vocalism:
- */ěYatYat or Jat is the thirty-second letter of the old Cyrillic alphabet. Its name in Old Church Slavonic is jěd’ or iad’ . In the common scientific Latin transliteration for old Slavic languages, the letter is represented by e with caron: .The yat represented a Common Slavic long vowel...
/ > /ẹ/ (closed e) - */e/, */ę/ > opened e (just like in most Kajkavian speeches)
- */u/ > /ü/
- syllabic */l/ > /u/
- */ǫ/ > /a/
Prosodical system diverges from that of other Čakavian speeches, having lost e.g. the difference between long a short accented vowels. Another unusual feature is the usage of Kajkavian interrogative pronoun kaj 'what', instead of the usual Čakavian ča.
As far as the division of Čakavian dialects in Southeastern and Northwestern is concerned, Buzet dialect belongs to Northwestern Čakavian.
Buzet dialect has been extensively described in the book Buzetski govori (Annales, Kopar 2005) by Nataša Vivoda.