Croatian is a member of the South Slavic language group and is the official language of the Republic of Croatia and is spoken by roughly 7 million people. While there are 3 main dialects today (Štokavian, Kajkavian and Čakavian), the written language comes mostly from the New Štokavian forms of Ijekavian pronunciation. In the 6 - 7th centuries, during the migration of the Croats, the language was was under Latin influence as the language of Western Christianity. From the 10th Century onward, Old Church Slavonic would also be important in the development of the Croatian language. Croatian started replacing Old Slavonic in the 13th and 14th Centuries; by the end of the Middle Ages, Croatian had entirely replaced it.

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