Ekavian

English

Proper noun

Ekavian

1. A dialect or group of dialects of Serbo-Croatian spoken primarily in Serbia and distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as /e/.

Related terms

• Ikavian
• Ijekavian

Translations

Dialect or a group of dialects

• Basque: ekaviera
• Bulgarian: екавски изговор (ekavski izgovor)
• Czech: ekavština
• French: ékavien
• German: ekavisch
• Italian: ecavo
• Macedonian: екавски изговор (ekavski izgovor)
• Polish: ekawski m
• Serbo-Croatian: ekavski (sh), екавски, ekavski izgovor, екавски изговор, екавица, ekavica (sh), екавштина, ekavština (sh)
• Ukrainian: екавиця (ekavycja), екавська вимова (ekavsʹka vymova)

Further reading

• Yat reflexes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia