STAROST HRVATSKO-ROMANSKIH JEZIČNIH DODIRA NA TLU ISTRE
HOW OLD ARE THE CROATO-ROMAN LANGUAGE CONTACTS IN ISTRIA?

Summary/Abstract: The Roman population of Istria took over from their Croatian neighbours numerous Croatian words which have been part of the lexis of Istro-Roman dialects from times immemorial. Some words adopted from Croatian by the Istro-Roman language have remained unchanged in form to the present day, and as such, together with the oldest layer of Croatized Roman toponyms are proof of very old Croato-Roman language contacts in Istria. These terms predominantly include Croatian agricultural terminology, but many other words as well. Scientific arguments produced by means of the substitutional phonetics method infer that some of these terms could have been taken over from the Croats about one thousand years ago.

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