▁Gro b ▁in ▁Slov ak ia ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro at ian ▁was ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁Cro at ian ▁refuge es ▁who ▁fled ▁Cro atia ▁during ▁the ▁Turkish ▁Wars ▁and ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁part ▁of ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁Hung ary , ▁the ▁area ▁where ▁they ▁still ▁live . ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro ats ▁included ▁speak ers ▁of ▁all ▁three ▁dialect s ▁of ▁the ▁Ser bo - C ro at ian ▁language ▁( S ht ok av ian , ▁Ch ak av ian ▁and ▁K aj k av ian ), ▁with ▁the ▁majority ▁being ▁the ▁Ch ak av ians . ▁They ▁originally ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁river ▁Una ▁valley . ▁ ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro ats ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁sh aping ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁standard ▁Cro at ian ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Instead , ▁they ▁constructed ▁their ▁own ▁written ▁standard ▁based ▁mainly ▁on ▁the ▁local ▁Ch ak av ian ▁speech ▁and ▁adopted ▁the ▁Cro at ian ▁alphabet , ▁a ▁modified ▁Latin ▁alphabet , ▁as ▁their ▁script . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁still ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁debate ▁whether ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro at ian ▁should ▁be ▁class ified ▁as ▁a ▁S lav ic ▁micro - language ▁of ▁its ▁own . ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro at ian ▁dialect s ▁are ▁mostly ▁viewed ▁as ▁isolated ▁dialect s ▁of ▁the ▁Cro at ian . ▁ ▁Bur gen land ▁Cro at ian ▁and ▁the ▁Pre km ur je ▁dialect ▁of ▁Sloven e ▁( in ▁Pre km ur je ▁and ▁Hung