Shtokavian
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Key facts
- Language.name
- Shtokavian
- Language.states
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Balto-Slavic
- Language.fam3
- Slavic
- Language.fam4
- South Slavic
- Language.fam5
- Western South Slavic
- Language.stand1
- Bosnian
- Language.stand2
- Croatian
- Language.stand3
- Montenegrin
- Language.stand4
- Serbian
- Language.dia1
- Eastern Herzegovinian
- Language.dia2
Article
23 sectionsContents
- Early history of Shtokavian
- Earliest texts of Shtokavian dialect
- Relationship towards neighboring dialects
- General characteristics
- Classification
- Old-Shtokavian dialects
- Prizren–Timok (Torlakian)
- Slavonian
- Eastern Bosnian
- Zeta–Raška
- Kosovo–Resava
- Neo-Shtokavian dialects
- Younger Ikavian
- Šumadija–Vojvodina
- Eastern Herzegovinian
- Yat reflexes{{Anchor|Ijekavian|Ekavian|Ikavian}}
- Ethnic affiliation of native speakers of Shtokavian dialect
- Standard language
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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Shtokavian or Štokavian (; / , ) is the prestige supradialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language and the basis of its Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian standards. It is a part of the South Slavic dialect continuum. Its name comes from the form for the interrogative pronoun for "what": . This is in contrast to dialects that are exclusive to Croatian language: Kajkavian and Chakavian ( and also meaning "what").