Talk:Vallegrande Speak

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The dialect evolved in the first half of the 19 century. The town's early begins (late 18 century) started with the population of the neighbouring Blatta (modern Blato) setting up a town in the large bay of Vallegrande. It is believed that there were two hamlets in the bay, Vallegrande and Bobovishca.

Trying to re-tell the history of this part of the world (Old Dalmatia) is fraught was problems. The Yugoslav Communist party was the main driving force in all social matters within the former Yugoslavia and it created historic falsehoods to promote its own political authoritarian agenda.

We can definitely confirm that there was two ethnic communities living on the island in the middle ages, one being of Roman Empire descendant and one of Croatian-Slavic descendant.


To-days dialect is different ... Vela Luka speak (Luški)

It takes only one generation to change a ......

Standardisation and politics ....

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