In regards to all the dialects and languages spoken in Croatia, I find the Istro-Roumanian aka Aroumanian http://www.vlachophiles.net/istria.htm and Dalmatian the most intriguing http://www.answers.com/topic/dalmatian-language Also in regards to the old Dalmatian Language the last known speaker Tuone Udaina (Antonio UDINA) who lived at Veglia aka Town of Krk on the Island of Krk who died June 10, 1898 from a brief encounter with a land mine! His language, Vegliot dialect of Dalmatian, was studied by an Italian scholar, Matteo Giulio Bartoli who visited him in 1897 documenting thousands of words, stories, accounts of his life, which were published in a book, with Italian translation, which provides much information on the vocabulary, phonology and grammar of the language. He wrote them in Italian and published a translation in German (Das Dalmatische) in 1906. And while we are discussing DNA here is an article about the Great Migrations inc the one that likely brought the Croats from the middle east to Europe... along with the ancestors of many modern day Europeans. http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Human+migration&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1 Robert Frank Kurchina <[email protected]> wrote: Ethnologue Croatian http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=HR Slovene http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=SI Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/

Would anyone on this list know the meaning of the names Dras^kovic' or Sunara? I was told when I was a kid that "vic" means "son of", and my dad's surname meant "son of Dras^ko. Is this true? Also does the names Dras^ko and/or Sunara have a specific meaning? Thank you for any clarification you can give me. Terrie