Smederevo–Vršac dialect (Serbo-Croatian:
Latin
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: ''Smederevsko-vršački dijalekat'',
Cyrillic: Смедеревско-вршачки дијалекат) is a subdialect of the
Shtokavian
Shtokavian or Štokavian (; sh-Latn, štokavski / sh-Cyrl, italics=no, штокавски, ) is the prestige dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language and the basis of its Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin standards. It ...
dialect of
Serbo-Croatian
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. As an
Old Shtokavian variety, it retains a number of features not found in
Neo-Shtokavian varieties on which standards of Serbo-Croatian are based.
Distribution
The dialect is mainly spoken in
Serbia
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or more exactly in north-eastern part of
Šumadija
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(between
Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
According to ...
and
Kragujevac), part of
Belgrade, western part of
eastern Serbia around Požarevac and Veliko Gradište, and south-eastern part of
Vojvodina
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(south-eastern
Banat
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including the city of
Vršac
Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a city and the administrative centre of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area had a population of 35,701, while ...
). Some of the speakers could be also found in eastern Banat, in
Romania
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where it is not in use anymore.
History
The Smederevo–Vršac dialect is a mixed speech of populations that speak Šumadija–Vojvodina and Kosovo–Resava dialects.
It is, however, linguistically closer to the Kosovo–Resava dialect and it is sometimes classified as a sub-dialect of the Kosovo–Resava dialect.
In the past, Smederevo–Vršac dialect was spoken in much larger area.
See also
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Serbian language
Serbian (, ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and K ...
References
External links
Narečja i dijalekti srpskog jezika / Dialects of the Serbian language(in Serbian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smederevo-Vrsac dialect
Dialects of Serbo-Croatian
Serbian dialects