Younger Ikavian dialect
| Younger Ikavian | |
|---|---|
| Bosnian-Dalmatian | |
| 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 (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.