Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.46.1.13
GACKA CHAKAVIAN DIALECT FROM THE REGION OF OTOČAC – A PROTECTED INTANGIBLE CULTURAL ASSET OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Milan Kranjčević
; Katedra Čakavskog sabora pokrajine Gacke, Otočac
Sažetak
The Gacka Chakavian dialects in the region of Gacka are ancient dialects, they belong to the
Chakavian dialect, by classification they are part of the Ikavian-Ekavian dialect and are then split
into two groups of sub-dialects, marginal and continental (Kuterevo), in order that everything is
returned to its source, to the local dialect of individual settlements.
Gacka Chakavian is, viewed historical, a remnant of the former prevailing Chakavian dialect
not only in the area of today’s Gacka, Lika and Krbava, but also of much further afield. However,
due to the Ottoman incursions in the Middle Ages, this linguistic region was on the Vrbas –
Neretva line pushed towards the west, the settling occurred of a new population who belonged to
the Shtokavian dialect. In modern times Gacka Chakavian is preserved in two areas, in the region
of Otočac and the region of Brinje. It relies on the Senj, in other words, Modruš-Ogulin Chakavian
and beyond, all the way to the southern ends of Karlovac, in other words, Ozalj.
Gacka Chakavian was, like all other X-kavian dialects, as well as many Shtokavian, repressed
in the field of public communications. It needed a great deal of effort so that native speakers dared
and were encouraged to use it more, and the Chair of the Chakavian Assembly of the Gacka Region
was also established with the aim of the promotion and protection of this Chakavian dialect. All of
this, after 20 years of the work of the Chair, resulted in the protection of Gacka Chakavian with the
region of Otočac as the intangible cultural heritage of the Republic of Croatia.
Ključne riječi
Gacka Chakavian; intangible cultural heritage; Otočac
Hrčak ID:
231937
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2019.
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