Korcula Dialect
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Jump to navigationJump to searchKorcula dialect (or Korčulanski) is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula. The dialect has remnants of the extinct Romance language Dalmatian.[1] 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
- ^ Collegium antropologicum, Volumes 15-16 by Croatian Anthropological Society, School of Biological Anthropology -1991
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