Croatian
Let an agent explain the Croatian language, its standard and dialects, relay its status, structure and history from linguistic and official sources, present the Serbo-Croatian question neutrally with positions attributed, and route to entries for specific dialects.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Croatian language, its standard and dialects, relay its status, structure and history from linguistic and official sources, present the Serbo-Croatian question neutrally with positions attributed, and route to entries for specific dialects.
The standardised South Slavic language of Croatia, official in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union, based on the Shtokavian dialect of the Eastern Herzegovinian type and thus mutually intelligible with Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin within the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language, alongside the distinct Chakavian dialects of the Adriatic coast including Northern, Middle and Southwestern Istrian varieties and the Kajkavian dialects of the north, with a literary tradition from Glagolitic texts of the eleventh century; the relationship among the standard languages is a matter of linguistic and political debate.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language.
It can be explain the standard and dialects; relay status and structure; present the language question neutrally; route to specific dialects.
Distinguishing features
Shtokavian-based standard
Chakavian and Kajkavian dialects
Glagolitic heritage
Pluricentric debate
What it looks like
Not a visible object; written in the Latin alphabet, historically also in Glagolitic and Cyrillic.
Physical character
speakers: about 5.5 million - estimates
EU official language since: 2013 year
Baska tablet: about 1100 year - Glagolitic
How it is recognised
Standard South Slavic language of Croatia
Shtokavian standard; Chakavian dialects including Northern, Middle and Southwestern Istrian; Kajkavian; Croatian Glagolitic
Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin are the other standards of the same pluricentric language; Slovene is a separate language
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms, as a standard variety
is a kind of - in registry terms, by dialect base
is official in - and the European Union
was first written in - in medieval texts
In practice
Families and kinds
standard Croatian literary language
Shtokavian dialects
Chakavian dialects including Northern, Middle and Southwestern Istrian
Kajkavian dialects
Croatian Glagolitic and Church Slavonic tradition
Croatian of diaspora communities such as Burgenland Croatian and Molise Croatian
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 hr
ISO 639-3 hrv
Standards and regulation
Croatian constitution and 2024 language law
EU official language status
Institute of Croatian Language orthography
Minority language protections in neighbouring countries
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting the Serbo-Croatian question as settled in either direction
Conflating dialects with the standard
Stale speaker counts
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Croatian is.
Linguistics.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Croatian, and how does it relate to Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin, with linguistic and political positions attributed? definition
- Is the question about the standard language, a dialect or the pluricentric language question? boundary
Dialects
Dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- How do Shtokavian, Chakavian including the Istrian varieties, and Kajkavian differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Structure Grammar and writing.
Linguistics.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Croatian phonology, cases and verb system? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Writing
Scripts and orthography.
Writing
Writing.
- How did Croatian Glagolitic, Cyrillic and Latin writing develop, and what orthography applies today? provenance
- Which entry fits Croatian Glagolitic? action
Status Status and debates.
Attribution.
Official
Official status.
Official
Official.
- What status does Croatian hold in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the EU and minority communities? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Debate
The language question.
Debate
Debate.
- What positions have linguists, the Declaration on the Common Language and national institutions taken on Croatian and Serbo-Croatian, each attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context History and literature.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Croatian develop from medieval Glagolitic texts through the Illyrian movement to the modern standard? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of the Croatian language? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works of Croatian literature, from Marulic to modern writers? provenance
- Which entry fits Croatian literature? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Chakavian and Kajkavian be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects and a script; should they be split off?