Younger Ikavian dialect

Younger Ikavian
Bosnian-Dalmatian
Native toBosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Hungary
Serbia
RegionBačka
Central Bosnia
Dalmatian Hinterland
Western Herzegovina
EthnicityCroats
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Younger Ikavian (Serbo-Croatian: mlađi ikavski), also called Western Ikavian/Western Neoshtokavian Ikavian (zapadni ikavski/zapadni novoštokavski ikavski), or Bosnian–Dalmatian dialect (bosansko-dalmatinski dijalekt), is a subdialect of Shtokavian Serbo-Croatian spoken primarily by Croats in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Italy. It is spoken to a lesser extent by Bosniaks and rarely by Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most speakers use the Latin alphabet.