Review article

Some Peculiarities of the Croatian Subdialect of Santovo

Živko Gorjanac ; Visoka škola Józsefa Eötvösa Odjel za hrvatski jezik pri Institutu za manjinske i strane jezike, Baja, Hungary

Abstract

This study describes the main characteristics of the Croatian subdialect spoken in Santovo (Hercegszántó), a village situated close to the Hungarian, Croatian, and Serbian borders. The village is roughly one thousand years old and is inhabited by Hungarians, Croats, Serbs, some Germans, and a few Slovaks. In the past, a few Jewish families lived there as well. This is an oldŠtokavian subdialect, and can be classified as part of the Ikavian dialect of Posavina.
It exhibits Šćakavian features and is characterized by an accent which
Stjepan Ivšić dubs “the new acute.” I have given examples of all of the main features of this subdialect, together with two short but representative texts.

Keywords

Ikavian dialect of Posavina; old-Štokavian Šćakavian subdialect; new acute; loanwords

Hrčak ID:

144140

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/144140

Publication date:

31.1.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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