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76:
60:and dialects
17:
15:
1494:), SH (for
794: [
663:Montenegrin
640:Gaj's Latin
105:Montenegrin
1795:Categories
1722:References
1704:sl-metelko
1653:mid vowels
1647:(Slovene:
1033:Lower case
1030:Upper case
829:bohoričica
827:(Slovene:
724:Glagolitic
687:Bohoričica
679:Historical
479:Macedonian
464:Meshterski
257:Burgenland
191:Zeta–Raška
137:Shtokavian
1775:Metelčica
1638:krevljica
740:Includes
697:Metelčica
622:Alphabets
590:Kajkavian
566:Torlakian
512:Torlakian
459:Torlakian
440:Bulgarian
338:Ijekavian
278:Torlakian
272:Kajkavian
250:Chakavian
172:Dubrovnik
158:Slavonian
26:metelčica
1710:See also
1524:letters
1522:Cyrillic
1490:ZH (for
1488:digraphs
847:Alphabet
692:Dajnčica
507:Northern
486:Dialects
446:Dialects
380:Dialects
150:Bunjevac
130:Dialects
100:Croatian
28:) was a
1755:Sources
809:History
708:Arebica
668:Slovene
493:Western
373:Slovene
343:Ikavian
333:Ekavian
325:Accents
111:Serbian
95:Bosnian
30:Slovene
22:Slovene
1687:' vs.
1649:gajica
1632:Impact
1596:, and
1514:, and
632:Modern
571:Gorani
392:Resian
291:Gorani
262:Molise
221:Gorani
1685:bench
1163:/ʃtʃ/
798:]
451:Banat
183:Užice
164:Šokac
1744:2021
1698:The
1695:').
1693:tick
1689:klôp
1681:klóp
1620:and
1610:and
1582:and
1498:and
1492:/tʃ/
1319:/nj/
1293:/lj/
1085:/tʃ/
1059:/ts/
16:The
1622:/ɔ/
1618:/o/
1598:/ə/
1594:/e/
1590:/ɛ/
1551:/x/
1547:/h/
1500:/ʒ/
1496:/ʃ/
1469:/ɔ/
1438:/o/
1407:/ə/
1376:/e/
1345:/ɛ/
1267:/x/
1241:/h/
1215:/ʒ/
1189:/z/
1137:/ʃ/
1111:/s/
1036:IPA
800:at
427:Old
1797::
1675:,
1671:,
1667:,
1663:,
1659:,
1628:.
1592:,
1576:,
1549:,
1536:.
1532:,
1528:,
1508:,
1480:)
1449:)
1418:)
1387:)
1356:)
1324:nj
1298:lj
1168:šč
796:sl
241:))
24::
1746:.
1691:'
1683:'
1677:ò
1673:ô
1669:ó
1665:è
1661:ê
1657:é
1626:O
1602:E
1568:O
1564:E
1545:(
1534:Ж
1530:Ш
1526:Ч
1478:ô
1476:(
1474:o
1447:ó
1445:(
1443:o
1416:ə
1414:(
1412:e
1385:é
1383:(
1381:e
1354:ê
1352:(
1350:e
1272:h
1246:h
1220:ž
1194:z
1142:š
1116:s
1090:č
1064:c
774:e
767:t
760:v
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