Burgenland Croatian facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Burgenland Croatian
gradišćanskohrvatski jezik
Native to	Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia
Native speakers	19,000 (2001)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western Croatian Chakavian Burgenland Croatian

Burgenland Croatian is a regional language of the Chakavian dialect of the Croatian language. It is spoken in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Burgenland Croatian is a minority language in the Austrian state of Burgenland. 19,412 people speak the language there in 2001. Many of the Burgenland Croatian speakers in Austria also live in Vienna and Graz.

Smaller Croatian minorities in western Hungary, southwestern Slovakia and southern Czech Republic are often also called Burgenland Croats. They use the Burgenland Croatian written language. They are historically and culturally closely connected to the Austrian Croats.

Images for kids

Dialects of Burgenland Croats by J. Lisac
Grgur Mekinić: Dusevne peszne (Spiritual songs), is one of the first Burgenland Croatian artworks (1609).
A map depicting the Una River origin theory for the Burgenland Croats

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