Korcula Dialect

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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.[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

  1. ^ Collegium antropologicum, Volumes 15-16 by Croatian Anthropological Society, School of Biological Anthropology -1991

External Links

KorčulaNET

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