▁Cro at ian ▁( Gr adi š ć ans ko hr vat ski ▁je zik ; ▁German : ▁Bur gen land k ro at ische ▁Sprache , ▁Hung arian : ▁Gr adi š ć ei ▁hor v át ▁nyel v ) ▁is ▁a ▁regional ▁variety ▁of ▁the ▁Ch ak av ian ▁dialect ▁of ▁Cro at ian ▁spoken ▁in ▁Austria , ▁Hung ary , ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁Poland , ▁and ▁Slov ak ia . ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro at ian ▁is ▁recognized ▁as ▁a ▁minor ity ▁language ▁in ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁state ▁of ▁Bur gen land , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁spoken ▁by ▁ 1 9 , 4 1 2 ▁people ▁according ▁to ▁official ▁reports ▁( 2 0 0 1 ). ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro at ian ▁speak ers ▁in ▁Austria ▁also ▁live ▁in ▁Vienna ▁and ▁Gra z , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁urban ization , ▁which ▁is ▁mostly ▁driven ▁by ▁the ▁poor ▁economic ▁situation ▁of ▁large ▁parts ▁of ▁Bur gen land . ▁ ▁Sm aller ▁Cro at ian ▁minor ities ▁in ▁western ▁Hung ary , ▁south western ▁Slov ak ia , ▁southern ▁Poland ▁and ▁southern ▁Czech ▁Republic ▁are ▁often ▁also ▁called ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro ats . ▁They ▁use ▁the ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro at ian ▁written ▁language ▁and ▁are ▁histor ically ▁and ▁cult ur ally ▁closely ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁Cro ats . ▁The ▁represent atives ▁of ▁the ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro ats ▁estimate ▁their ▁total ▁number ▁in ▁all ▁three ▁countries ▁and ▁em igration ▁at ▁around ▁