Varaždin Kajkavian

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Varaždin Kajkavian is a regional variety of the Kajkavian dialect spoken in and around the city of Varaždin in northern Croatia, characterized by distinctive phonological and lexical features.

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Varaždin Kajkavian canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kajkavian dialect variety
South Slavic lect
regional dialect
associatedWith Varaždin regional identity
belongsTo Kajkavian dialect area
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
closelyRelatedTo Međimurje Kajkavian
linked to: Kajkavian dialect

Zagreb Kajkavian
linked to: Kajkavian dialect
country Croatia
differsFrom Standard Croatian
Čakavian dialects
linked to: Chakavian dialect

Štokavian dialects
hasFeature distinctive phonology
distinctive vocabulary
prosodic patterns typical of Kajkavian
regional lexical items
specific vowel realizations
hasLexicalFeature archaisms preserved from older Kajkavian
hasPhonologicalFeature Kajkavian-type vowel system
hasSociolinguisticRole informal home variety
marker of local belonging
hasStatus non-standard variety
languageBranch Slavic languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup South Slavic languages
languageSubgroup Western South Slavic
partOf Croatian linguistic continuum
region Varaždin region
linked to: Varaždin area
spokenIn Varaždin
linked to: Varaždin, Croatia

Varaždin County
northern Croatia
subdivisionOf Croatian Kajkavian
linked to: Kajkavian dialect

Kajkavian dialect
usedAlongside Standard Croatian in everyday life
usedBy local population of Varaždin
usedIn informal communication
local folklore
regional cultural expression
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Kajkavian dialect hasSubdialect Varaždin Kajkavian