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[[File:250px-Croatia-Dalmatia-1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The island of Korcula is marked red. Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern [[Croatia]] ]]

[[File:250px-Croatia-Dalmatia-1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The island of Korcula is marked red. Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern [[Croatia]] ]]

'''Vallegrande Speak''' (in Croatian, ''Staro Luški govor'' <ref>Tako su stari govorili. Translate: ''That's how the old folk use to speak''.</ref>,  English ''old Vela Luka speak'', or dialect) is a old [[Korcula Dialect]] from the small  town of '''Vela Luka'''. The town is on the west end of the island of Korčula.<ref>The č is pronounced ''ch''.</ref> The island of Korčula lies just off the Dalmatian coast in [[Croatia]].<ref>John Everett-Healu. "Dalmatia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com</ref> The language base of this Korčula dialect is Chakavian Croatian <ref>'''Editors note''':  Slavic tribes invaded the region of''' Roman Dalmatia''' in the early Middle Ages. Prior to the arrival of the Slavs, Roman Dalmatia was mainly inhabited by a '''Roman Latin-Illyrian''' population. Recent DNA studies have stated that more than three quarters of today's Croatian men are the descendants of Europeans who inhabited Europe 13 000-20 000 years ago (prior to the arrival of the Slavs). The first primary source (factual-that its authenticity isn't disputed) to mention the Croatian-Hrvat identity in the Balkans was '''Duke Branimir''' (Latin:'' "Branimiro comite dux cruatorum cogitavit"''  c. 880 AD). Branimir was a Slav from Dalmatia.</ref>  (it is also intermixed with Old Shtokavian<ref>[http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC2121596/reload=0;jsessionid=7BE5888928AF51ECB79DC33089D0E57A.jvm1 The Land of 1000 Islands] by Igor Rudan

'''Vallegrande Speak''' or old Vela Luka Speak (in Croatian, ''Staro Luški govor'' <ref>Tako su stari govorili. Translate: ''That's how the old folk use to speak''.</ref>) is a old [[Korcula Dialect]] from the small  town of '''Vela Luka'''. The town is on the west end of the island of Korčula.<ref>The č is pronounced ''ch''.</ref> The island of Korčula lies just off the Dalmatian coast in [[Croatia]].<ref>John Everett-Healu. "Dalmatia." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com</ref> The language base of this Korčula dialect is Croatian Chakavian <ref>'''Editors note''':  Slavic tribes invaded the region of''' Roman Dalmatia''' in the early Middle Ages. Prior to the arrival of the Slavs, Roman Dalmatia was mainly inhabited by a '''Roman Latin-Illyrian''' population. Recent DNA studies have stated that more than three quarters of today's Croatian men are the descendants of Europeans who inhabited Europe 13 000-20 000 years ago (prior to the arrival of the Slavs). The first primary source (factual-that its authenticity isn't disputed) to mention the Croatian (Hrvat) identity in the Balkans was '''Duke Branimir''' (Latin:'' "Branimiro comite dux cruatorum cogitavit"''  c. 880 AD). Branimir was a Slav from Dalmatia.</ref>  (it is also intermixed with Old Western Shtokavian<ref>[http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC2121596/reload=0;jsessionid=7BE5888928AF51ECB79DC33089D0E57A.jvm1 The Land of 1000 Islands] by Igor Rudan

* "However, the clashes between the [[Directory:Turkey|Ottoman Empire]] and Venetian Republic produced extensive migrations from the mainland areas, especially from today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the eastern parts of the islands of Brač, Hvar, Korčula, and Pag [Dalmazia Veneta]. The newcomers brought their gene pool and a variety of cultural specificities, including the Shtokavian dialect of the Croatian language to the predominantly “Chakavian” area. The most extensive migrations to these islands occurred during the Cypriote (1571-1573), Candian (1645-1669), and Morean wars (1684-1699)."</ref>). It has a strong elements of ''Italian Venetian'' and it also has remnants of the extinct Romance (Latin) language, '''Dalmatian'''. The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been sometimes referred to as Corzulot. The local dialect is sometimes referred to as 'Naški' (the '''š''' is pronounced '''sh''').<ref>'''Note''': Naški means 'ours' thus meaning ''"our language"'' in Croatian.</ref>   

* "However, the clashes between the [[Directory:Turkey|Ottoman Empire]] and Venetian Republic produced extensive migrations from the mainland areas, especially from today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the eastern parts of the islands of Brač, Hvar, Korčula, and Pag [Dalmazia Veneta]. The newcomers brought their gene pool and a variety of cultural specificities, including the Shtokavian dialect of the Croatian language to the predominantly “Chakavian” area. The most extensive migrations to these islands occurred during the Cypriote (1571-1573), Candian (1645-1669), and Morean wars (1684-1699)."</ref>). It has a strong elements of ''Italian Venetian'' and it also has remnants of the extinct Romance (Latin) language, '''Dalmatian''' <ref>'''Encyclopedia Britannica''' {{quote|

</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatian_language Dalmatian Language (Wikipedia)]</ref>. The Dalmatian remnants within the dialect have been sometimes referred to as Corzulot. The local dialect is sometimes referred to as 'Naški' (the '''š''' is pronounced '''sh''').<ref>'''Note''': Naški means 'ours' thus meaning ''"our language"'' in Croatian.</ref>   

The island was from 1420 to 1797 part of the '''Republic of Venice''' (the French Empire dissolved the Republic in 1797). The Old-Slavic term was Krkar.  According to Antun (Antonio) Rosanovic written in his [[Defence of Korcula (part two)|Defence of Korcula in 1571]] the Greeks named it ''Corcyra Melena'' .<ref>Greek: Kórkyra Melaena or Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα, and Corcyra Nigra (Latin)</ref>  

The island was from 1420 to 1797 part of the '''Republic of Venice''' (the French Empire dissolved the Republic in 1797). The Old-Slavic term was Krkar.  According to Antun (Antonio) Rosanovic written in his [[Defence of Korcula (part two)|Defence of Korcula in 1571]] the Greeks named it ''Corcyra Melena'' .<ref>Greek: Kórkyra Melaena or Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα, and Corcyra Nigra (Latin)</ref>  

* Greek

* Greek

* Latin (Romans)

* Latin (Romans)

* Romance Dalmatian (Latin)

* Romance Dalmatian (Vulgar Latin)

* Old Croatian - Slavic (Chakavian)

* Old Croatian (Slavic Chakavian)

* Venetian (Romance language)

* Venetian (Romance language)

* Old West Shtokavian - Slavic

* Old West Shtokavian - Slavic