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=== Languages of the Records === | === Languages of the Records === | ||
The language of the records is | The language of the records is mostly Latin, Croatian, Hungarian, or Italian. Glagolitic and Cyrillic as well as Roman script occur in the records. | ||
*Latin: an Indo-European language, moderately inflected, and used extensively by the Roman Catholic Church. | *Latin: an Indo-European language, moderately inflected, and used extensively by the Roman Catholic Church. | ||
*Serbian: a Slavic language closely allied to Croatian. Considered the official language of Yugoslavia. Serbian differs from Croatian slightly in vocabulary and is written in the Cyrillic script. | *Serbian: a Slavic language closely allied to Croatian. Considered the official language of Yugoslavia. Serbian differs from Croatian slightly in vocabulary and is written in the Cyrillic script. | ||
*German: official language of the Austrian Empire, and as such the language of record for the Austrian military. | *German: official language of the Austrian Empire, and as such the language of record for the Austrian military. | ||
*Glagolitic: properly speaking, Glagolitsa is a script, not a language. The literature of Dalmatia, however, took on a unique character that can be considered at least a dialect. In most circumstances one can read the text of a Glagolitic manuscript if s/he is familiar with Croatian and the epigraphy. | *Glagolitic: properly speaking, Glagolitsa is a script, not a language. The literature of Dalmatia, however, took on a unique character that can be considered at least a dialect. In most circumstances one can read the text of a Glagolitic manuscript if s/he is familiar with Croatian and the epigraphy. | ||
*Croatian: the language used for most post-Latin period Roman Catholic parish registers. Distinguished from Serbian primarily for reasons of nationalism. | *Croatian: the language used for most post-Latin period Roman Catholic parish registers. Distinguished from Serbian primarily for reasons of nationalism. | ||
*Hungarian: all civil documents, from partition of Austria-Hungary to end of WWI. | *Hungarian: all civil documents, from partition of Austria-Hungary to end of WWI. | ||
*Italian: language common to the 1600-1800. Roman Catholic parish registers for Dalmatia and Istria. | *Italian: language common to the 1600-1800. Roman Catholic parish registers for Dalmatia and Istria. | ||
*Slovene: language of Slovenia, closely allied with Serbo-Croatian. | *Slovene: language of Slovenia, closely allied with Serbo-Croatian. | ||