Original scientific paper
Local Dialect of Sveta Nedija on the Island of Hvar – a Linguistic Analysis
Karla Polić
orcid.org/0009-0001-1622-2834
Marijana Tomelić Ćurlin
orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-8075
Abstract
To document and record the Chakavian speech and to fill the gap in dialectological descriptions of the South Chakavian variety, we »followed the trail of the oldest« on a central Dalmatian island. This is the island of Hvar, specifically the speech of Sveta Nedija, which has not been described in the dialectological literature at any linguistic level. Therefore, this paper presents certain phonological and morphological features, as well as syntactic and lexical ones. The analysis has shown that the speech of Sveta Nedija represents a valuable part of the Croatian dialectal heritage and deserves its own place and description in dialectological literature.
Keywords
south Chakavian dialect; a linguistic analysis; Sveta Nedija; the island of Hvar
Hrčak ID:
344674
URI
Publication date:
18.2.2026.
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