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Phonological Remarks on the BrovinjE Idiom (Istria)

Silvana Vranić ; Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka, Croatia
Ivana Nežić ; Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

The paper gives an overview of the inventory and the distribution of vowels, consonants and prosodic units in the Brovinje idiom (Istria). On the basis of these characteristics, and other distinctions that were confirmed during this research, it is confirmed that the Brovinje idiom belongs to the Cakavian dialect and that there is great similarity between this idiom and the Labin idioms of the central Istrian subdialect of the Ekavian dialect.

Keywords

Cakavian dialect; Ekavian dialect; central Istrian subdialect; Labin idioms; Brovinje idiom; vowels; consonants; prosodic units

Hrčak ID:

32954

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/32954

Publication date:

18.2.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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