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'''Old''' Chakavian Slavic speakers (Croatian tribes) must have arrived in the mid 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 mid 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 within  the area itself. It is quite possible that the area had a drop in population (due to Frankish-Avar wars) 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, on the islands and in the inhospitable Dinaric Alps.  

There are '''no''' contemporary written records of Chakavian-Slavic speakers (Slavic-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 (due to Frankish-Avar wars) 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, 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 within the eastern part of Old Roman Dalmatia (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 that 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 Slavic-Croatians started in the late 8th and early 9th century. I believe one of the reasons was that the Croatian tribes started to become western Europeanised. Within Dalmatian Ducatus of the Carolingian Empire (812) 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 i.e Spalatum and the Republic of Venice). Then we have creating military alliances and trade with neighbors, etc, then after a period of time the mainland was mostly Slavicized. In terms of language Croatian Slavic Chakavian became Lingua Franca of the area and started to replace Latin Dalmatian (Romance).   

The first written records of Slavic-Croatians started in the late 8th (''as'' Slavs first) and early 9th century. I believe one of the reasons was that the Croatian tribes started to become western Europeanised. Within Dalmatian Ducatus of the Carolingian Empire (812) 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 i.e Spalatum and the Republic of Venice). Then we have creating military alliances and trade with neighbors, etc, then after a period of time the mainland was mostly Slavicized. In terms of language Croatian Slavic Chakavian became Lingua Franca of the area and started to replace Latin Dalmatian (Romance).   

With this all happening the Carolingian Empire (as well as others) thought it to be good idea to work with as much as possible with the new arrivals Sclaveni-Croatorum for the there own invested interests.

With this all happening the Carolingian Empire (as well as others) thought it to be good idea to work with as much as possible with the new arrivals Sclaveni-Croatorum for the there own invested interests.