Ijekavian
English
Alternative forms
- (rare) Iyekavian
- Jekavian, Yekavian
Proper noun
Ijekavian
- A dialect, group of dialects or dialect continuum of Serbo-Croatian spoken through most of Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro and parts of Serbia and distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as disyllabic (triphonemic) /ije/ or diphthongal /je/ sequence.
Usage notes
The terms Ijekavian and Jekavian mean the same thing, and dual forms come from Serbo-Croatian ijékavskī/ије́кавскӣ and jékavskī/је́кавскӣ where they are also synonymous.
Related terms
- Ikavian
- Ekavian
Translations
Ijekavian dialect(s)
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