It is believed that there were two hamlets in the bay, Vallegrande and Bobovisca.
It is believed that there were two hamlets in the bay, Vallegrande and Bobovisca.
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One could easily say that the old Vallegrande Speak is becoming extinct. The Yugoslavian governments be it the Communist Yugoslavian regime (1945-92) or the earlier Kingdom of Yugoslavia pushed a Pan-Slavic and Croatian Nationalistic authoritarian political rule. One the policies were Slavicisation. It takes only one generation to change a language. To-days dialect in Vela Luka (Luski) is different and has incorporated modern Croatian.
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One could easily say that the old Vallegrande Speak is becoming extinct. The Yugoslavian governments be it the Communist Yugoslavian regime (1945-92) or the earlier Kingdom of Yugoslavia pushed a Pan-Slavic and Croatian Nationalistic authoritarian political rule. One their policies were Slavicisation. So Gabriel became Gabrijeliċ. It takes only one or two generations to change a language. To-days dialect in Vela Luka (Luski) is different and has incorporated much of the modern Croatian.