Editing Dalmatian language (section)

=== Ragusan ===
This was spoken in [[Dubrovnik]] ({{langx|it|Ragusa}}). Various Ragusan words are known from local documents in Latin and Venetian. One such document, for instance, records the words {{lang|dlm|pen}}, {{lang|dlm|teta}}, {{lang|dlm|chesa}}, {{lang|dlm|fachir}} and indicates the meanings 'bread', 'father', 'house', 'to do'.<ref>{{harvcolnb|Bartoli|2000|p=349}}</ref> There are also some 14th-century texts in Ragusan, but these show extensive Croatian and Venetian influence, to the point that it is difficult to discern which if any of their features are genuinely Dalmatian.<ref name=":0" />

A notable feature of Ragusan was its preservation (without [[Palatalization in the Romance languages#/k ɡ/ + front vowel|palatalisation]]) of Latin {{IPA|/k/}} and {{IPA|/ɡ/}} before front vowels, which can be seen in attested forms like {{lang|dlm|colchitra}} < Latin {{sc|culcitra}}.<ref>{{harvcolnb|Bartoli|2000|p=§429}} apud {{harvcolnb|Maiden|2020|p=§2.3}}</ref>

In the [[Republic of Ragusa]], official business was conducted in Ragusan until approximately the end of the 15th century. In 1472 the Senate banned the use (without permission) of "Slavic" or "any language other than Ragusan or Italian" for conducting legal disputes. Another piece of evidence is a letter by [[Elio Lampridio Cerva]] (1463–1520) that mentions "I remember how, when I was a boy, old men would carry on legal business in the Romance language that was called Ragusan".<ref>{{harvcolnb|Muljačić|1997|pp=67–68}}</ref>