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Croatian is composed of three main dialects, one of which, Shtokavian, is shared with Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. This shared dialect is the basis of all four standard languages, so Standard Croatian grammar is quite similar to the other standards. However, there are substantial differences with the Kajkavian and Chakavian dialects, which are spoken almost exclusively within Croatia.

Standard Croatian grammar

Standard Croatian, like Standard Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin, is based on the Eastern Hercegovinian accent of the Štokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian. There are minimal differences between them, though in practice all three peoples of a particular area often use the same forms. See differences between standard Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.

Kajkavian grammar

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Kajkavian, spoken in the Croat capital Zagreb, is intermediate between Standard Croatian and Slovene dialects. However, it has undergone extensive influence from the Shtokavian standard.

Chakavian grammar

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Chakavian, spoken along the Dalmatian coast, is often scarcely intelligible to speakers of Standard Croatian, though like Kajkavian it has been strongly influenced by it.

External links

• Learn-Croatian.com — phrases and grammar
• Beginner's Croatian
• Croatian for travellers, with audio files

• Croatian language
• Grammars of specific languages