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'''Note''': Naški means ''"ours"'' thus meaning our language in Croatian
[[File:Korcula Town.jpg|thumb|right|385px|Korcula Town photo by [[Peter Zuvela]] ]]
[[File:Korcula Town.jpg|thumb|right|385px|Korcula Town photo by [[Peter Zuvela]] ]]
'''Korcula dialect''' ''(or Korčulanski)'' <ref>The č is pronounced '''ch'''.</ref> is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula.The island of Korcula 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> According to the Croatian Anthropological Society in their Collegium Antropologicum (Volumes 15-16) the language base of the Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian (it is also intermixed with Shokavian).<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?ei=WmNGTPzMH4GyvgPGq_i4Ag&ct=result&id=KZMjAQAAIAAJ&dq=Dalmatian+language+korcula&q=korcula#search_anchor Collegium Antropologicum, Volumes 15-16] by Croatian Anthropological Society-1991. (p312 & p318)</ref> 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-1991. (p311)</ref> The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been 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> According to the Croatian Anthropological Society in their Collegium Antropologicum (Volumes 15-16) the language base of the Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian (it is also intermixed with Shokavian).<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?ei=WmNGTPzMH4GyvgPGq_i4Ag&ct=result&id=KZMjAQAAIAAJ&dq=Dalmatian+language+korcula&q=korcula#search_anchor Collegium Antropologicum, Volumes 15-16] by Croatian Anthropological Society-1991. (p312 & p318)</ref> 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-1991. (p311)</ref> The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been referred to as Corzulot.
Additionally it has influences of Venetian. The local dialect is sometimes referred to as ''Naski'' or more correctly ''Naški''. 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)
* Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (October 5, 1797 – October 29, 1875) was an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".</ref> a 19 century [[United Kingdom|English]] historian, referred to the Dalmatian Slavic dialect as Illirskee.<ref>'''Illyricum''' was a Roman province named after one of the Indigenous groups in the region.</ref>
* Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (October 5, 1797 – October 29, 1875) was an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".</ref> a 19 century [[United Kingdom|English]] historian, referred to the Dalmatian Slavic dialect as Illirskee.<ref>'''Illyricum''' was a Roman province named after one of the Indigenous groups in the region.</ref>
* barka /type of local boat
* barka /type of local boat
* bevanda /wine with water/vino sa vodom
* bevanda /wine with water/vino sa vodom
* beštija /animal/životinja ([[latin]]:bestia ''also'' beast)
* beštija /animal/životinja ([[latin|Latin]]:bestia ''also'' beast)
* bićerin /small glass
* bićerin /small glass
* bobon /lolly
* bobon /lolly
* guzica/bottom
* guzica/bottom
* hoča/ lets go
* hoča/ lets go
* kantat/to sing/pjevati (latin:canto)
* kantat/to sing/pjevati (Latin:canto)
* kajić/ type of local boat
* kajić/ type of local boat
* kamara/ bedroom/ soba (latin:camera-vault, vaulted room)
* kamara/ bedroom/ soba (latin:camera-vault, vaulted room)
* katun/ corner
* katun/ corner
* koltrine/ curtins
* koltrine/ curtins
* kontra /against/protiv (latin:contra)
* kontra /against/protiv (Latin:contra)
* korač/ hammer
* korač/ hammer
* kormilo/ rudder
* kormilo/ rudder
* noštromo/ first mate
* noštromo/ first mate
* pamidora/ tomato
* pamidora/ tomato
* perun/ fork (Venetian: pirón ''from'' Greek pirouni)
* perun/ fork (Venetian: pirón ''from'' [[Greece|Greek]]: pirouni)
* piat/ plate
* piat/ plate
* postoli/ shoes/ cipele
* postoli/ shoes/ cipele
* postelja/bed
* postelja/bed
* punistra/ window (latin:fenestra)
* punistra/ window (Latin:fenestra)
* rič/word
* rič/word
* ritko/ not often
* ritko/ not often