Ist

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Description:

Istriot is a Romance language spoken in the Western Region on the coast of the Istrian Peninsula, especially in the towns of Rovinj (Italian: Rovigno) and Vodnjan (Italian: Dignano), on the upper northern part of the Adriatic Sea, in Croatia. Its classification remains unclear, due to the specificities of the language, which has always had a very limited number of speakers. Istriot can be viewed: Its speakers never called it "Istriot". Traditionally, it had six names after the six towns where it was spoken. In Vodnjan it was named "Bumbaro", in Bale "Vallese", in Rovinj "Rovignese", in Šišan "Sissanese", in Fažana "Fasanese" and in Galižana "Gallesanese". The term Istriot was coined by the 19th century Italian linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli.

There are currently only about 1,000 speakers left, probably making it an endangered language...... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Istriot Language Speakers

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Overview

Main Country: Croatia
Spoken In:

Regions: Europe

ISO 639-3 Code: ist

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Indo-European Group

    Italic Group

      Romance Group

        Italo-Western Group

          Italo-Dalmatian Group

            Istriot Language