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According to the Baska tablet from 1100 AD they spoke old Slavic Chakavian. [http://www.croatianhistory.net/glagoljica/baska.mp3 Baska tablet-mp3] <ref>Note ''Baska tablet'' was translated in 1875, it's language is Old Slavic Croatian Chakavian with elements of liturgical Church Slavonic.</ref>
According to the Baska tablet from 1100 AD they spoke old Slavic Chakavian. [http://www.croatianhistory.net/glagoljica/baska.mp3 Baska tablet-mp3] <ref>Note ''Baska tablet'' was translated in 1875, it's language is Old Slavic Croatian Chakavian with elements of liturgical Church Slavonic.</ref>
==Editors Note==
'''Duke Branimir''' 880s, spoke old Slavic Chakavian and was from the Dalmatian hinterland. Mr Branimir is, I believe is the first Croatian ''or'' the first Southern Slav to express himself as such (based on the current records that we have). His tribe, the old Slavic Chakavian speakers, are the first Croatians (Hrvati or more accurately ''Hrovati'').
The early medieval Western Balkans must had have multiple Slavic ethnic tribes. It appears that their history has not been recorded. From a Greco-Roman perspective they were all identified as Slavs. The Slavs found themselves living in a medieval multi-ethnic region and it was the most powerful chieftains (the main political players) who left a '''mark''' on history. The old language groups could which have become diluted (now refereed to as dialects and are becoming slowly extinct) may still reflect the many Slavic tribes who invaded Roman Dalmatia.
* Old medieval Chakavian
* Old medieval Kajkavian dialect
* Old medieval Shtokavian dialect
(it is important to stress old medieval here)
Note after a period of time in the middle ages we have new identities of Southern Slavs that being Croatians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Narantani and others. It is true that some of these words can be traced further back in history however one does not need to carry ethnicity or national identities back in time. To my understanding there is no proof that they existed.
When the Serbian forces were annihilated in the ''Battle of Kosovo'' by the [[Directory:Turkey|Ottoman Empire]] in '''1389''' very large group of peoples stated to migrate westward. The Ottomans themselves got to Vienna itself, twice. The Western Balkans from that period started to acquire new people in its region (i.e., Croatians, Serbs, Albanians, Greeks, Turks & others), thus creating new ethnic mixes. Because of this during the 15th and 16 centuries the old Slavic tribal borders changed forever.
=====Politics of Language Standardisation, Nationalistic and Communist Ideologies =====
In the 19th century language standardisation entered in the mix <ref>Lets not forget [[Latin]], Romance Dalmatian, Old Venetian, [[Hungary|Hungarians (Magyars)]] & Turkish.</ref>. The ''politics of language standardisation'' is the issue at heart here. The question should be ask did the 19th century scholars do their job properly or was it all about the politics of the future super 19 century Southern Slavic State.
Other important question to ask is '''how far''' back does one go in proclaiming Croatian nationhood? In the past the Yugoslav Communist party, Pan-Slavists and the Croatian Nationalistic movements have taken this to extremes. These Pan-Slaviic, Nationalistic and Communist ideologies have created so much pain, destruction and falsehoods by clinging to these false beliefs.
For example does a seventh generation [[Australia|Australian]] with English background start saying in modern Australia that he is a '''Saxon''' and starts a nationalistic movement to assert his beliefs upon others.
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