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Ekavian

Ekavian proper noun: 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/.

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/.

Questions about Ekavian

What does Ekavian mean?
Ekavian means 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/.
What part of speech is Ekavian?
Ekavian is a proper noun.

Words near Ekavian in the dictionary

  1. Ekaterinburg
  2. Ekaterini
  3. ekaterinite
  4. Ekaterinoslav
  5. ekatite
  6. Ekavian
  7. ekavic
  8. Ekbatan
  9. Ekberg
  10. Ekbergian
  11. Ekbergs

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