ISTRIOT: a language of Croatia

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: IST

ISO 639-2: roa

Population 1,000 or fewer (1994 Tapani Salminen). 
Region Western coast of Istrian Peninsula, now only in the towns of Rovinj (Rovigno) and Vodnjan (Dignano).
Classification Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Comments Reported to be an archaic Romance language, often confused with Istro-Rumanian. Perhaps closer to Friulian or Dalmatian than to Istro-Rumanian. Few children speakers.

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