Dalmatian language
Dalmatian (/dælˈmeɪʃən/) or Dalmatic (/dælˈmætɪk/; Dalmatian: langa dalmata or simply dalmato; Italian: lingua dalmatica, dalmatico; Croatian: dalmatski) was a Romance language that was spoken in the Dalmatia region of present-day Croatia, and as far south as Kotor in Montenegro. The name refers to a tribe of the Illyrian linguistic group, Dalmatae. The Ragusan dialect of Dalmatian, the most studied prestige dialect, was the official language of the Republic of Ragusa for much of its medieval history until it was gradually supplanted by other local languages.
| Dalmatian | |
|---|---|
| dalmato, langa dalmata | |
| Region | Dalmatia (most of the Croatian Adriatic coast, Croatian islands, Montenegrin Bay of Kotor) |
| Extinct | 10 June 1898, with the death of Tuone Udaina |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dlm |
dlm | |
| Glottolog | dalm1243 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-t |
Republic of Ragusa before 1808 | |
Dalmatian is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Dalmatian speakers of the Dalmatian city-states lived in the coastal towns of Zadar (Jadera), Trogir (Tragur, Traù), Spalato (Split; Spalato), Ragusa (Dubrovnik; Raugia, Ragusa), and Kotor (Cattaro), each of these cities having a local dialect, and on the islands of Krk (Vikla, Veglia), Cres (Crepsa), and Rab (Arba).