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'''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, English and Croatian:
(Corzulot/Vegliot/English/Croatian)
*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/English/Croatian)
* Alavia /It's Ok! /U redu
* Bevanda / Wine with water /Vino sa vodom
* Beštija/animal/životinja
* Čagalj/jackal
* Cilo / Wine without water /Vino bez vode
* Fumati /Smoking /Pušiti
* Soldi /Money /Novac
* Zrcalo /Mirror /Ogledalo
Each town and villages on the island have their unique version of the dialect.
==References==
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==See also==
==External Links==
[http://www.korcula.net/ KorčulaNET]
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