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Oldest and most important Croatian Cyrillic monuments
Parent Category: Croats (in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia) Category: LanguageOldest and most important Croatian Cyrillic monuments
Some of the oldest and most important Croatian Cyrillic monuments are as follows (here we follow [Benedikta Zelic-Bucan] and [Hercigonja]):
Croatian Cyrillic codices, chronicles, ...
Parent Category: Croats (in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia) Category: LanguageCroatian Cyrillic codices, chronicles, healers' pharmacopoeias,
registers of births, testaments, personal correspondence etc.
There exists a significant number of Croatian Cyrillic codices, chronicles, healers' pharmacopoeias, registers of births, testaments, personal correspondence etc. Especially important is the Poljice Statute of the small Principality in the neighbourhood of Split (1440).
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Here is a Croatian Cyrillic testament of R. Vladisic written in the famous fortress of Klis near Split in 1436 (transcription from 1448). |
Croatian Glagolitic sources
Parent Category: Croats (in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia) Category: LanguageCroatian Glagolitic sources
Croatian Glagolitic sources related to Bosnia and Herzegovina (see also [Damjanovic, Glagoljica na podrucju danasnje BiH]):
Croatian Language - Pronunciation basics
Parent Category: Croats (in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia) Category: LanguageCroatian Language - Pronunciation basics:
Č, č-as the "ch" in "check
Ć, ć-no English equivalent. Place the tip of the tongue behind the lower front teeth and try to produce a "mixed sound" between the "ch" of "check" and the "t" (actually "ty") of British English "tune". As it were, a “soft” č.
DŽ, dž-as the "j" in English "jar"
Đ, đ-no English equivalent. Place the tip of the tongue behind the lower front teeth and try to produce a "mixed sound" between the "j" of "jar" and the "d" (actually "dy") of British English "duke". A “soft” dž.
LJ, lj-as the British English pronunciation of the "lli" in "million", i.e., with a "clear 'l'" followed by a short "y"-sound
NJ, nj-as the "ni" in "onion", i.e., an "n" followed by a short "y"-sound
Š, š-as the "sh" in English "ship"
Ž, ž-as the "s" in "measure" or the "zh" in "Zhivago"
