croatian language

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Zagorje, Međimurje, Samobor and More – The Northwestern Kajkavian Dialect

Lauren Simmonds

We’ve looked into enough dialects and subdialects of the Croatian language to realise there’s much more to the language spoken ...

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The Croatian Language Explored – The Čakavian Dialect

Lauren Simmonds

Čakavian is one of the three main dialects from which standard Croatian language as we now know it is made ...

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Can You Speak Like a Purger? The Zagreb Dialect Explored

Lauren Simmonds

The first thing to point out about the Zagreb dialect is that not all residents of the capital and its ...

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Speaking Ragusan – The Dubrovnik Subdialect Explored

Lauren Simmonds

Standard Croatian is complicated enough for the vast majority of people, but what about all of the different dialects? Put ...

Swearing in Croatian: The Remarkable Diversity of the P Word

Lauren Simmonds

We’re going to take a look, letter by letter, at some ways swearing in Croatian differs quite extremely from swearing ...

Speaking Dalmatian – A Little Dictionary of (Mostly) Forgotten Words

Lauren Simmonds

For such a small country which uses it as their official language, Croatian is diverse. What are usually called ”dialects” ...

20 Ways Croatia Changed Me in 20 Years: 12. Croatian Language & J*beni Dialects

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I am pretty good at languages, but I gave up in Croatia. But not for the reasons that you might ...

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What Does It Really Mean to Have a Croatian Identity?

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Not long ago, I agreed to help a master’s student with her thesis, in which she sought to learn more ...

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International Croatian Language Summer School Ends in Krk

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The summer school is organized by the Croatian Studies Faculty at Zagreb University of Zagreb for participants from Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, ...

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Croatian Words and Phrases to Practice at a Restaurant

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It is very difficult, if not impossible, to learn the Croatian language during your short vacation in the country. If ...