dijalekt

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dijǎlekt/

Noun

dijàlekt m inan (Cyrillic spelling дија̀лект, relational adjective dijàlektnī)

  1. (Croatia) dialect
    Synonym: narječje

Usage notes

  • Although technically synonyms, there is a difference in the usage of narječje and . The former is used for larger dialect clusters (e.g. Kajkavian, Chakavian, Shtokavian), while the latter tends to be used for subdivisions within them.

Further reading

  • dijalekt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025