Burgenland Croatian

Burgenland Croatian
gradišćanskohrvatski jezik
Native to	Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Ethnicity	Burgenland Croats
Native speakers	19,000 (in Burgenland) 50,000–60,000 (all speakers)[1] (2001 census)[2]
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western Chakavian Burgenland Croatian
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Austria  Hungary
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	burg1244
ELP	Burgenland Croatian
IETF	ckm-AT
Dialects of Burgenland Croats by Josip Lisac
Burgenland Croatian is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)

Burgenland Croatian (gradišćanskohrvatski jezik; German: Burgenländisch-Kroatisch, Burgenlandkroatisch, burgenlandkroatische Sprache, burgenländisch-kroatischen Sprache, Hungarian: gradistyei horvát nyelv) is a regional variety of the Chakavian dialect of Croatian spoken in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Burgenland Croatian is recognized as a minority language in the Austrian state of Burgenland, where it is spoken by 19,412 people according to official reports (2001).^[2] Many of the Burgenland Croatian speakers in Austria also live in Vienna and Graz, due to the process of urbanization, which is mostly driven by the poor economic situation of large parts of Burgenland.

Smaller Croatian minorities in western Hungary, southwestern Slovakia, and southern Czech Republic are often also called Burgenland Croats. They use the Burgenland Croatian written language and are historically and culturally closely connected to the Austrian Croats. The representatives of the Burgenland Croats estimate their total number in all three countries and emigration at around 70,000.