Kajkavian

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kajkavian

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

References

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

Noun

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Kajkavian (plural Kajkavians)

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

Adjective

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Kajkavian (comparative more Kajkavian, superlative most Kajkavian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Kajkavians or their language.

Further reading

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