dalmatian was a romance language, which was spoken in dalmatia, on the eastern adriatic sea. the language became extinct in the middle ages. in places it was used until the 18th or 19th century. today, few sources are left. only the dialect of veglia (krk) and ragusa (dubrovnik) have enough sources so they can be studied. from the other dialects, there are only isloate words, or short phrases.