Dalmatia Yugoslavia was Italian Speaking??

**JohnSmith** · 04-19-2017, 01:11 AM

Is this True was parts of Yugoslavia Italian influenced?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatian_Italians

**Sekarotuinen** · 04-19-2017, 01:15 AM

Yes, however their numbers have severely declined since the end of WW2.

**JohnSmith** · 04-19-2017, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by Sekarotuinen

Yes, however their numbers have severely declined since the end of WW2.

I was unaware apparently Italy wanted this land after WWI ended but they never were able to annex it.

**Sekarotuinen** · 04-19-2017, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by JohnSmith

I was unaware apparently Italy wanted this land after WWI ended but they never were able to annex it.

They actually controlled moat of Istria and a small annex on the illyrian coast. They wanted more.

**JohnSmith** · 04-19-2017, 04:25 AM

bump

**~~Al-Meksiki~~** · 04-19-2017, 06:32 AM

Ya, the entire area was historically Romance-speaking. Before Italian was picked up, they had their own language

**Jana** · 04-19-2017, 06:39 AM

Ignorant OP, please change your thread title. There is no Dalmatia Yugoslavia but Dalmatia as historical region of Croatia. And no, it was never Italian speaking. Romance language of Dalmatia was eastern Romance and never widely spoken. Unfortunately it has died out.

Dalmatia has been Croatian(Slavic)speaking since arrival of barbarians to Roman lands in middle ages and that was more than 1000 years ago.

**JohnSmith** · 04-19-2017, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by Feiichy

Ignorant OP, please change yout thread title. There is no Dalmatia Yugoslavia but Dalmatia as historical region of Croatia. And no, it was never Italian speaking. Romance language of Dalmatia was eastern Romance and never widely spoken. Unfortunately it has died out.

Dalmatia has been Croatian(Slavic)speaking since arrival of barbarians to Roman lands and middle ages and that was more than 1000 years ago.

Based on what I read After WWI this region had 20-30% Italian speaking people. It would of been part of Yugoslavia as outlined in the Treaty of Paris which ended WWI.

**JohnSmith** · 04-19-2017, 06:46 AM

"Auguste de Marmont, the French Governor General of the Napoleonic Illyrian Provinces commissioned a census in 1814–1815 which found that Dalmatian Italians comprised 25% of the total population of Dalmatia."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_irredentism

**Jana** · 04-19-2017, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by JohnSmith

Based on what I read After WWI this region had 20-30% Italian speaking people. It would of been part of Yugoslavia as outlined in the Treaty of Paris which ended WWI.

No. Dalmatia never had significant Italian population in history (unlike Western Istria) except few coastal cities lile Zadar (Zara). I don't care for Italian occupation maps, Dalmatia has been Croat since we moved here from Northern Europe and cradle of Croatian medieval state. All our earliest churches are there and Croat kings have been crowned there. Pre-Slavic population of Dalmatia was not Italian but Romanized local Illyrian who spoke Dalmatian language (eastern Romance), and they have been mixing and assimilating with Slavs since 5th century AD.

Dalmatia is Croatian.