groups, people from the same ethnic group could speak different dialects with different dialect group affiliation) Kajkavian (Kajkavica / Kajkavština) (divergent enough from Standard Croatian, which is Shtokavian based, to be considered its own language) Northwestern Kajkavian (Closed Ekavian) (several similarities with Slovene) Southwestern Kajkavian (Closed Ekavian, transitional to Shtokavian) Zagreb dialect (the traditional Kajkavian and Standard Shtokavian based Croatian overlap and coexist, Standard Croatian is not based on its capital dialect) Eastern Kajkavian (Closed Ekavian, transitional to Shtokavian) Border dialects (Transitional to Chakavian) Lower Sutla (Ikavian, Kajkavised Chakavian speakers) Prigorje (Closed Ekavian, Kajkavised Chakavian and Shtokavian speakers) Gorski Kotar (Ikavian, transitional to Slovenian as well) Kajkavian diaspora dialects Kajkavian Burgenland Croatian (Gradišćanskohrvatski jezik) ("Burgenland Croatian" is an umbrella word for different dialects with different group affiliation) (spoken in Burgenland state, far eastern Austria, west of Hungary, between Slovenia to the south and Slovakia to the north, it does not border Croatia directly) (spoken by the Burgenland Croats, which originally came from the river Una valley) Kajkavian Croatian Neusiedl dialect (some Croats speak a Kajkavian dialect near Lake Neusiedl) Grob dialect (a Kajkavian dialect, spoken in Chorvátsky Grob in Slovakia) Chakavian (Čakavica / Čakavština) (divergent enough from Standard Croatian, which is Shtokavian based, to be considered its own language) Central Central Chakavian / Middle Chakavian (Ikavian-Ekavian) Central Chakavian diaspora dialects Chakavian Burgenland Croatian Gradišćanskohrvatski jezik ("Burgenland Croatian" is an umbrella word for different dialects with different group affiliation) (spoken in Burgenland state, far eastern Austria, west of Hungary, between Slovenia to the south and Slovakia to the north, it does not border Croatia directly) (spoken by the Burgenland Croats, which originally came from the river Una valley) Dolinci dialect (dialect of the Dolinci in Unterpullendorf, Frankenau, Kleinmutschen, etc. is a (middle) Chakavian dialect) Poljan dialect (dialect of the Poljanci near Lake Neusiedl, is a (middle)Chakavian dialect) Hac dialect (Chakavian dialect of Haci near Neusiedl) Moravian Croat dialect (traditionally spoken by the Moravian Croats in Jevišovka, Dobré Pole and Nový Přerov in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic; historically it formed a slavic language enclave in a majority Central Bavarian of the Bavarian or Austro-Bavarian language area, which was included in the regions with ethnic German majority) (almost extinct) Southern Southern Chakavian (Ikavian) (includes the traditional Split dialect) Southeastern Chakavian / Lastovian (Ijekavian) (in Lastovo island) Southwestern Istrian (Ikavian, Transitional to Shtokavian) (in Southwest Istria Peninsula) Northern Northern Chakavian