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There is archaeological evidence from 16th century where the Croatian identity was starting to be used. Stone writings in Zavalatica are dedicated to events from 889 AD. It describes a clash between the Slavic population and the Venetian army. Marinko Gjivoje wrote about the find in 1972. The stone writings use: ''Hrvat Dalmatinac'' in its writings. ''Hrvat'' means Croat in Croatian.<ref>[http://www.korcula.net/history/mmarelic/script.htm History-Korcula.net] Marko Marelic-S. Francisco-USA</ref>

There is archaeological evidence from 16th century where the Croatian identity was starting to be used. Stone writings in Zavalatica are dedicated to events from 889 AD. It describes a clash between the Slavic population and the Venetian army. Marinko Gjivoje wrote about the find in 1972. The stone writings use: ''Hrvat Dalmatinac'' in its writings. ''Hrvat'' means Croat in Croatian.<ref>[http://www.korcula.net/history/mmarelic/script.htm History-Korcula.net] Marko Marelic-S. Francisco-USA</ref>

==Korcula Dialect a Window into History==

==Korcula Dialect a Record of History==

[[Korcula Dialect|Korčula Dialect]]  is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula in Croatia.  The language base of the Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian (it is also intermixed with Shtokavian). The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been referred to as Corzulot. Additionally it has influences of Venetian:

[[Korcula Dialect|Korčula Dialect]]  is a Croatian dialect from the island of Korčula in Croatia.  The language base of the Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian (it is also intermixed with Shtokavian). The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been referred to as Corzulot. Additionally it has influences of Venetian:

*'''Defora''' in old Venetian means ''"from the outside"''.

*'''Defora''' in old Venetian means ''"from the outside"''.