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[[File:Korcula Town.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Korcula Town photo by [[Peter Zuvela]] ]] | [[File:Korcula Town.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Korcula Town photo by [[Peter Zuvela]] ]] | ||
| − | '''Korcula dialect''' ''(or Korčulanski)'' is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula. The dialect has remnants of the extinct Romance language ''Dalmatian''.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KZMjAQAAIAAJ&q=Dalmatian+language+korcula&dq=Dalmatian+language+korcula&hl=en&ei=WmNGTPzMH4GyvgPGq_i4Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ Collegium antropologicum, Volumes 15-16] by Croatian Anthropological Society, School of Biological Anthropology -1991</ref> The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been referred to as Corzulot. | + | '''Korcula dialect''' ''(or Korčulanski)'' is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula. The dialect has remnants of the extinct Romance language, ''Dalmatian''.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KZMjAQAAIAAJ&q=Dalmatian+language+korcula&dq=Dalmatian+language+korcula&hl=en&ei=WmNGTPzMH4GyvgPGq_i4Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ Collegium antropologicum, Volumes 15-16] by Croatian Anthropological Society, School of Biological Anthropology -1991</ref> The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been referred to as Corzulot. |
Examples of Corzulot words compared with Vegliot,<ref>Encyclopedia Britannica: History & Society-Vegliot Dalmatian | Examples of Corzulot words compared with Vegliot,<ref>Encyclopedia Britannica: History & Society-Vegliot Dalmatian | ||
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* zrcalo/mirror/ogledalo | * zrcalo/mirror/ogledalo | ||
| − | Each town and | + | Each town and village on the island have their own unique version of the dialect. |
[[File:St Ivan.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The island of St Ivan (Vela Luka) photo by [[Peter Zuvela]]]] | [[File:St Ivan.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The island of St Ivan (Vela Luka) photo by [[Peter Zuvela]]]] | ||
Revision as of 07:25, 11 August 2010
Korcula Town photo by Peter Zuvela
Korcula dialect (or Korčulanski) is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula. The dialect has remnants of the extinct Romance language, Dalmatian.[1] The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been referred to as Corzulot.
Examples of Corzulot words compared with Vegliot,[2] English and Croatian:
(Corzulot/Vegliot/English/Croatian)[3]
- Buža/Bus/Hole/Rupa
- Čimitir/Čimitier/Graveyard/Groblje
- Dent/Diant/Tooth/Zub
- Faculet/Fazuol/Handkerchief/Rubac
- Fatiga/Fatica/Works/Radi
- Fermaj/Fermai/Stop!/Stoj!
- Jeloz/Golaus/Jealous/Ljubomoran
- Kantat/Cantar/To sing/Pjevati
Korcula dialect without the Vegliot comparison
(Korcula dialect/English/Croatian)
- alavia/ it's Ok! /u redu
- bevanda/ wine with water/vino sa vodom
- beštija/animal/životinja
- cilo/ wine without water/vino bez vode
- čagalj/jackal
- fumati /smoking/pušiti
- griža/hard stone
- gira/a fish from Croatia
- gustrina/rainwater reservoir
- kapula/onion
- soldi /money /novac
- zrcalo/mirror/ogledalo
Each town and village on the island have their own unique version of the dialect.
The island of St Ivan (Vela Luka) photo by Peter Zuvela
References
- ^ Collegium antropologicum, Volumes 15-16 by Croatian Anthropological Society, School of Biological Anthropology -1991
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica: History & Society-Vegliot Dalmatian
- Romance language formerly spoken along the Dalmatian coast from the island of Veglia (modern Krk) to Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik). Ragusan Dalmatian probably disappeared in the 17th century. The Vegliot Dalmatian dialect became extinct in the 19th century.
- ^ Wikipedia: Dalmatian language
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