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Alternate Names: Istro-Romance

Dialects: None known. An archaic Romance language, often confused with Istro Romanian ,. Perhaps more similar to Friulian , or Dalmatian than to Istro Romanian.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Italic
Romance
Italo-Western
Italo-Dalmatian

Demographics: 400 (Salminen 2007). L2 users: 900 (Salminen 2007).

Language Use: Young speakers in Bale and middle-aged speakers in Galzana. Elsewhere speakers are elderly (Salminen 2007).

Nation of Origin: Croatia