Over time the Venetian Italian language became the ''lingua franca'' off Dalmatia including Korcula. This became part the islands local language and it started the disappearance of Romance Dalmatian. Romance Dalmatian was further dealt a blow of the firm establishment of old Croatian. | Over time the Venetian Italian language became the ''lingua franca'' off Dalmatia including Korcula. This became part the islands local language and it started the disappearance of Romance Dalmatian. Romance Dalmatian was further dealt a blow of the firm establishment of old Croatian. |