Dalmatian leid

Dalmatian
Native tae	Croatie, Montenegro
Region	Adriatic coast
Extinct	10 Juin 1898, when Tuone Udaina wis killed
Leid faimily	Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Dalmatian Dalmatian
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	dlm
Linguist List	dlm
Linguasphere	51-AAA-t

Dalmatian (or Dalmatic) is an extinct Romance leid umwhile spoken in the Dalmatie region o Croatie, an as far sooth as Kotor in Montenegro. The name refers tae a pre-Roman tribe o the Illyrian linguistic group, Dalmatae. The Ragusan dialect o Dalmatian wis the offeecial leid o the Republic o Ragusa – although the majority o its inhabitants spoke Croatian or Italian.

Dalmatian speakers lived in the coastal touns: Zadar, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik, an Kotor (Jadera, Tragur, Spalatro, Raugia an Cattaro), each o these ceeties haein a local dialect, an on the islands o Krk, Cres an Rab (Vikla, Crepsa an Arba).

Some enthusiasts today are attemptin tae revive the Dalmatian leid, uisin the Vegliot dialect.