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Modern Croatian: Hrvatska

Modern Croatian: Hrvatska

'''Old''' Chakavian Slavi speakers (Croatian tribes) must have arrived in the early 700s (8th Century AD) and made the Dalmatian hinterland there home, one group went west as far as Histri (modern: Istria) and the other eastward to Montenegro.   

'''Old''' Chakavian Slavic speakers (Croatian tribes) must have arrived in the early 700s (8th Century AD) and made the Dalmatian hinterland there home, one group went west as far as Histri (modern: Istria) and the other eastward to Montenegro.   

There are '''no''' contemporary written records of Chakavian-Slavic speakers (Croatian tribes) invasion/migration/settlement or about the events as a whole in area itself. It is quite possible that the area had a drop in population and the military presents of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) and the Carolingian Empire was minimal or even non existent. This would have lead to a easy invasion/migration/settlement of the area (opportunity beckons).  The  Roman Latin-Illyrian population as well as Liburnians, Greeks and others would have to have endured the arrival of the Sclaveni (Slavs).

There are '''no''' contemporary written records of Chakavian-Slavic speakers (Croatian tribes) invasion/migration/settlement or about the events as a whole within  the area itself. It is quite possible that the area had a drop in population and the military presents of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) and the Carolingian Empire was minimal ''or'' even non existent. This would have lead to an easy invasion the of the area (opportunity beckons).  The  Roman Latin-Illyrian population as well as Liburnians, Greeks and others would have to have endured the arrival of the Sclaveni (Slavs). The Roman population survived within the coastal cities, for a while on the islands and in the inhospitable Dinaric Alps.

It is quiet possible the success of the Chakavian-Slavic tribes set the precedent for the Kajkavian-Slavic speakers and Shtokavian-Slavic speakers to follow suit. There is a probability that the eastern Chakavian-Slavic tribes and Shtokavian-Slavic speakers started to mix with the Shtokavian-Slavic language becoming the Lingua Franca of this part of old the Old Roman Dalmatia area (thus begins Shtokavian-Slavic language move westward).

It is quiet possible the success of the Chakavian-Slavic tribes set the precedent for the Kajkavian-Slavic speakers and Shtokavian-Slavic speakers to follow suit. There is a probability that the eastern Chakavian-Slavic tribes and Shtokavian-Slavic speakers started to mix with the Shtokavian-Slavic language becoming the Lingua Franca within the eastern part of Old Roman Dalmatia (thus begins Shtokavian-Slavic language move westward).

The first written records of Croatian started in the late 8th and early 9th century. I believe one of the reason was that the Croatian tribes started to become western Europeanised. Within Dalmatian Ducatus of the Carolingian Empire certain Croatian leaders became the political elite and took political leadership.  In order to keep this they became  Christians thus connecting with Rome (''via'' Carolingian Empire, the Dalmatian Roman City States and the Republic of Republic of Venice). Then we have creating military alliances and trade with neighbors, etc.

The first written records of Croatians started in the late 8th and early 9th century. I believe one of the reasons was the case is that the Croatian tribes started to become western Europeanised. Within Dalmatian Ducatus of the Carolingian Empire certain Croatian leaders became the political elite and took political leadership.  In order to keep this they became  Christians thus connecting with Rome (''via'' Carolingian Empire, the Dalmatian Roman City States and the Republic of Republic of Venice). Then we have creating military alliances and trade with neighbors, etc.