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Latin was the written language of States and Roman Catholic Churches.
 
Latin was the written language of States and Roman Catholic Churches.
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Overtime history has shown that the Slavs become more numerous. It is not clear how historical this happened chronologically. They incorporated Romance Dalmatian into their local language. At first there must have been a divide, Korcula town and surrounding area must have been Latins and their nobility and they owned most of the land. Further west were the peasants (mainly Slavs) who worked the land.  
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Overtime history has shown that the Slavs become more numerous. It is not clear how historical this happened chronologically. They incorporated Romance Dalmatian into their local language. At first there must have been a divide, Korcula town and surrounding area must have been Latins and their nobility and they owned most of the land. Further west were the peasants (mainly Slavs) who worked the land. Blato (Blatta) and similar villages would have came into existence.
    
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. The Romance Dalmatian was already in decline due to 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. The Romance Dalmatian was already in decline due to the firm establishment of old Croatian.  
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* Industrial Revolution had an impact on creating modern nationhoods.
 
* Industrial Revolution had an impact on creating modern nationhoods.
      
=== No Existing Primary Historical Sources ===
 
=== No Existing Primary Historical Sources ===
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