Younger Ikavian | |
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Bosnian-Dalmatian | |
![]() Younger Ikavian dialect located geographically | |
Native to | Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaHungarySerbia |
Region | BačkaCentral BosniaDalmatian HinterlandWestern Herzegovina |
Ethnicity | Croats |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Younger Ikavian (Serbo-Croatian: mlađi ikavski), also called Western Ikavian/Western Neoshtokavian Ikavian (Serbo-Croatian: zapadni ikavski/zapadni novoštokavski ikavski), or Bosnian–Dalmatian dialect (bosansko-dalmatinski dijalekat), is a subdialect of Shtokavian Serbo-Croatian spoken primarily by Croats in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Italy, less by Bosniaks and rarely Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most speakers use the Latin alphabet.[1]