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Post 1420 Venetian became ''Lingua Franca'' on the island.
== Language evolution on the island (just a theory) ==
== Language evolution on the island (just a theory) ==
Language spoken on the island up to becoming part of the Republic of Venice (1420) was the Romance language - Dalmatian and Slavic - Chakavian (Old Croatian). Written language was [[Latin]]. [[User:Peter Z.|Peter Z.]] 01:20, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Language spoken on the island up to becoming part of the Republic of Venice (1420) was the Romance language - '''Dalmatian''' and '''Slavic''' - Chakavian (Old Croatian). Written language was [[Latin]]. Post 1420 Venetian became ''Lingua franca'' on the island.
== Concerns ==
== Concerns ==
A large proportion of information (books,articles) concerning the former Yugoslavia reminded me of the Yugoslavian encyclopaedias of the 1970s. The encyclopaedias were written in the same style as the '''Great Soviet Encyclopaedia'''.
A large proportion of information (books,articles) concerning the former Yugoslavia reminded me of the Yugoslavian encyclopaedias of the 1970s. The encyclopaedias were written in the same style as the '''Great Soviet Encyclopaedia'''.