Dalmatian (the Northern dialect was called Vegliot and the Southern Ragusan) is an extinct Romance language formerly spoken along the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, near Dubrovnik. Its last native speaker was killed by a landmine in 1898.
Thought to be a language that bridged the gap between the Romanian language and Italian, the Dalmation was related more closely to Italian than the nearby Romanian dialects, such as the nearly-extinct Istro-Romanian, also spoken in nearby Istria, Croatia.
It is interesting to note that Dalmation kept the Latin words connected to the urban life which were lost in Romanian.Characteristics