Istriot | |
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Eîstrioto, Lèngua Eîstriota Bumbar, Valìʃe, Ruvignìʃ, Faʃanìʃ, Siʃanìʃ, Galiʃaneʃ | |
Native to | Croatia |
Region | Istria |
Native speakers | 400 (2007)[1] L2 speakers: 900 (2007)[1] |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ist |
Glottolog | istr1244 |
ELP | Istriot |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-na |
Istriot is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
The Istriot language (Lèngua Eîstriota) is a Romance language of the Italo-Dalmatian branch spoken by about 400 people in the southwestern part of the Istrian peninsula in Croatia, particularly in Rovinj and Vodnjan. It should not be confused with the Istrian dialect of the Venetian language or the more distantly related Istro-Romanian, a variety of Eastern Romance.