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==History== {{further|Molise Croats#History}} According to evidence Croats arrived in Molise in the early 16th century.{{sfn|Telišman|1987|p=187}} The documents from the episcopal archive of [[Termoli]] indicate that Molise Croats arrived 1518 in ''Stifilić'' (San Felice).{{sfn|Telišman|1987|p=188}} A stone inscription on the church in [[Palata, Italy|Palata]], destroyed in 1930s, read ''Hoc Primum Dalmatiae Gentis Incoluere Castrum Ac Fundamentis Erexere Templum Anno 1531'' (Residents of Dalmatia first settled the town and founded the church in 1531).{{sfn|Telišman|1987|p=187}} The absence of any Turkish word additionally proves this dating.{{sfn|Telišman|1987|p=187}}{{sfn|Perinić|2006|p=94}} The language of [[Molise Croats]] is considered to be important because of its archaism, preserved old folk songs and tradition.{{sfn|Šimunović|2012|p=197–198, 202–203}}{{sfn|Perinić|2006|p=99–100}} The basic vocabulary was done by [[Milan Rešetar]] (in monography), Agostina Piccoli (along Antonio Sammartino, Snježana Marčec and Mira Menac-Mihalić) in ''Rječnik moliškohrvatskoga govora Mundimitra'' (''Dizionario dell' idioma croato-molisano di Montemitro''), and ''Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce'', the grammar ''Gramatika moliškohrvatskoga jezika '' (Grammatica della lingua croato-molisana), as well work ''Jezik i porijeklo stanovnika slavenskih naseobina u pokrajini Molise'' by Anita Sujoldžić, [[Božidar Finka]], [[Petar Šimunović]] and Pavao Rudan.{{sfn|Šimunović|2012|p=194}}{{sfn|Perinić|2006|p=97}} The language of Molise Croats belongs to [[Younger Ikavian dialect]] of Western [[Shtokavian dialect|Shtokavian]],{{sfn|Lisac|2003|p=51–53, 60–61, 64}}{{sfn|Šimunović|2012|p=193}} with many features and lexemes of [[Southern Chakavian]] dialect.{{sfn|Šimunović|2012|p=193}}{{sfn|Perinić|2006|p=96}} The lexicon comparison points to the similarity with language of [[Sumartin]] on [[Brač]], [[Sućuraj]] on [[Hvar]], and [[Račišće]] on [[Korčula]],{{sfn|Šimunović|2012|p=194}}{{sfn|Perinić|2006|p=96}} settlements founded almost in the same time as those in Molise,{{sfn|Šimunović|2012|p=194}} and together point to the similarity of several settlements in Southwestern Istria (see [[Southwestern Istrian]] dialect), formed by the population of Makarska hinterland and Western Herzegovina.{{sfn|Šimunović|2012|p=194}}{{sfn|Perinić|2006|p=97}} Giacomo Scotti noted that the ethnic identity and language was preserved in San Felice, Montemitro and Acquaviva Collecroce only thanks to the geographical and transport distance of the villages from the sea.{{sfn|Telišman|1987|p=189}} Josip Smodlaka noted that during his visit in the early 20th century the residents of Palata still knew the Croatian for basic terms like home and field work, but if the conversation touched more complex concepts they had to use the Italian language.{{sfn|Telišman|1987|p=190}} The language is taught in [[primary school]]s and the signs in villages are [[bilingual]]. However, the sociolinguistic status of the language differs among the three villages where it is spoken: in San Felice del Molise, it is spoken only by old people, whereas in Acquaviva Collecroce it is also spoken by young adults and adolescents, and in Montemitro it is spoken even by children, generally alongside Italian.<ref name=Marra>Marra, Antonietta. ''Contact Phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases'' in ''Morphologies in Contact'' (2012), p.265 et seq.</ref>
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