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[[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.]]

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'''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.

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'''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).<ref>[http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC2121596/reload=0;jsessionid=7BE5888928AF51ECB79DC33089D0E57A.jvm1 The Land of 1000 Islands] by Igor Rudan

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* "However, the clashes between the Ottoman Empire and Venetian Republic produced extensive migrations from the mainland areas, especially from today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the eastern parts of the islands of Brač, Hvar, Korčula, and Pag. The newcomers brought their gene pool and a variety of cultural specificities, including the “Shokavian” dialect of the Croatian language to the predominantly “Chakavian” area. The most extensive migrations to these islands occurred during the Cypriote (1571-1573), Candian (1645-1669), and Morean wars (1684-1699). The newcomers were given land and awarded special privileges “The Paštrović Privileges”."</ref> 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)

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* buža/ bus/ hole/ rupa

* čimitir/ čimitier/ graveyard/ groblje

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*dent/ diant/ teeth/ zubi

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* dent/ diant/ teeth/ zubi

* faculet/ fazuol/ handkerchief/ rubac

* fatiga/ fatica/ working /radi

* fermaj/ fermai/ stop!/ stoj!

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*~~jJeloz~~/ golaus/ jealous/ ljubomoran

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* jeloz/ golaus/ jealous/ ljubomoran

* kantat/ cantar/ to sing/ pjevati

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* vapor/ ferry/ trajekt (Venetian: Bapor meaning ''steamship'')

* vara vamo/ move on

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* vedro/ clear sky ~~(originally from Romance Dalmatian, ''vedar - to see'')~~

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* vedro/ clear sky

* Vi ga niste vidili./You did not see him.

* zeje/ local dish

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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.

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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.

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