Istriot

A language of Croatia

ISO 639: ist
Alternate Names: Istriano, Istro-Romance
Population: 1,300, all users. L1 users: 400 (Salminen 2007). L2 users: 900 (Salminen 2007).
Location:: Istria county: Bale, Fažana, Galižana, Rovinj, Šišan, and Vodnjan towns. Istrian peninsula, west coast.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian
Dialects: None known. An archaic Romance language, often confused with Istro Romanian [ruo]. Perhaps more similar to Friulian [fur] or Dalmatian than to Istro Romanian.
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Young speakers in Bale and middle-aged speakers in Galižana; elsewhere speakers are elderly (Salminen 2007).
Language Development: Dictionary. Texts.

Location: Istria county: Bale, Fažana, Galižana, Rovinj, Šišan, and Vodnjan towns. Istrian peninsula, west coast.