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[[File:800px-Korcula City.jpg|thumb|right|325px| Town of Korcula]]

[[File:800px-Korcula City.jpg|thumb|right|325px| Town of Korcula]]

[[File:250px-Croatia-Dalmatia-1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern [[Croatia]] The island of Korcula is marked red.]]

[[File:250px-Croatia-Dalmatia-1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern [[Croatia]] The island of Korcula is marked red.]]

'''Korcula dialect''' (or Korčulanski) <ref>The č is pronounced ''ch''.</ref> is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula.The island of Korčula lies just off the Dalmatian coast in [[Croatia]].<ref>John Everett-Healu. "Dalmatia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com</ref> The language base of the Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian (it is also intermixed with Shokavian). The dialect has remnants of the extinct Romance language, ''Dalmatian'' The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been sometimes referred to as Corzulot.

'''Korcula dialect''' (or Korčulanski) <ref>The č is pronounced ''ch''.</ref> is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula.The island of Korčula lies just off the Dalmatian coast in [[Croatia]].<ref>John Everett-Healu. "Dalmatia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com</ref> The language base of the Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1BkDQz4FXbYC&pg=PA205&dq=Trends+in+dermatoglyphic+research+Korčula+Dialect&hl=en&ei=vYOlTaCCHZGuuQOR7LmPCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Trends in Dermatoglyphic Research]  by Norris M. Durham & Chris C. Plato (p 205)</ref> (it is also intermixed with Shokavian). The dialect has remnants of the extinct Romance language, ''Dalmatian'' The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been sometimes referred to as Corzulot.

Additionally it has influences of Venetian. The local dialect is sometimes referred to as ''Naski'' or more correctly ''Naški''.<ref>'''Note''': Naški means ''"ours"'' thus meaning ''"our language"'' in Croatian.</ref> The '''š''' is pronounced '''sh'''. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=K7oAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA256&dq=Statute+of+Curzola+korcula&hl=en&ei=ZAtdTJ7lF5ivcI-m3NsO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=naski&f=false Dalmatia and Montenegro:] With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovina by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson. (p33)

Additionally it has influences of Venetian. The local dialect is sometimes referred to as ''Naski'' or more correctly ''Naški''.<ref>'''Note''': Naški means ''"ours"'' thus meaning ''"our language"'' in Croatian.</ref> The '''š''' is pronounced '''sh'''. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=K7oAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA256&dq=Statute+of+Curzola+korcula&hl=en&ei=ZAtdTJ7lF5ivcI-m3NsO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=naski&f=false Dalmatia and Montenegro:] With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovina by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson. (p33)

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Each town and village on the island have their own unique version of the dialect.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korcula#Geography Wikipedia:] Korcula, Vela Luka and Blato and the coastal villages of Lumbarda and Racisce and in the interior Zrnovo, Pupnat, Smokvica and Cara.</ref> The Korčula dialect is found in the local folk music. The local Klape groups (an a cappella form of music) sing using the Korčula dialect. The well know Croatian singer, ''Oliver Dragojevic'', has used the dialect in his music.

Each town and village on the island have their own unique version of the dialect. <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=T3PqrrnrE5EC&pg=PA145&dq=Korcula+čakavski&hl=en&ei=dIClTYWULISovQOsqLWfCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false The Formation of Croatian National Identity:] A Centuries-Old dream by Alex J. Bellamy (p145)</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korcula#Geography Wikipedia:] Korcula, Vela Luka and Blato and the coastal villages of Lumbarda and Racisce and in the interior Zrnovo, Pupnat, Smokvica and Cara.</ref> The Korčula dialect is found in the local folk music. The local Klape groups (an a cappella form of music) sing using the Korčula dialect. The well know Croatian singer, ''Oliver Dragojevic'', has used the dialect in his music.

Korčula's old name was ''Curzola''. The island was from 1420 to 1797 part of the ''Republic of Venice''. The Old-Slavic term was Krkar. According to  [[Directory:Korcula History|Nikola Ostojic]] the Greeks named it "Black Corfu" (Corcira Melaena) after their homeland and the dense woods on the island.

Korčula's old name was ''Curzola''. The island was from 1420 to 1797 part of the ''Republic of Venice''. The Old-Slavic term was Krkar. According to  [[Directory:Korcula History|Nikola Ostojic]] the Greeks named it "Black Corfu" (Corcira Melaena) after their homeland and the dense woods on the island.