Younger Ikavian dialect

Younger Ikavian
Bosnian-Dalmatian
Younger Ikavian dialect located geographically
Native to	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Hungary Serbia
Region	Bačka Central Bosnia Dalmatian Hinterland Western Herzegovina
Ethnicity	Croats
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western Serbo-Croatian Shtokavian Neo-Shtokavian Younger Ikavian
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]