Burgenland Croatian (
gradišcanskohrvatski jezik) is a regional variety of the
Chakavian dialect of the
Croatian language spoken in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Burgenland Croatian is recognized as a
minority language in the Austrian
state of
Burgenland where it is spoken by 19,412 people according to official reports (2001). Many of the Burgenland Croatian speakers in Austria also live in
Vienna and
Graz, due to the process of urbanization, which is mostly driven by the poor economic situation of large parts of Burgenland.