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decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Molise_in_Italy.svg/330px-Molise_in_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Molise_in_Italy.svg/440px-Molise_in_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1034" data-file-height="1299" /></a><figcaption>The Molise region in Italy</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Molise Croats</b> (<a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian</a>: <i lang="hr">Moliški Hrvati</i>) or <b>Molise Slavs</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Slavo-molisani, Slavi del Molise</i>) are a <a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croat</a> community in the <a href="/wiki/Molise" title="Molise">Molise</a> <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Campobasso" title="Province of Campobasso">province of Campobasso</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, which constitutes the majority in the three villages of <a href="/wiki/Acquaviva_Collecroce" title="Acquaviva Collecroce">Acquaviva Collecroce</a> (<i>Kruč</i>), <a href="/wiki/San_Felice_del_Molise" title="San Felice del Molise">San Felice del Molise</a> (<i>Filić</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Montemitro" title="Montemitro">Montemitro</a> (<i>Mundimitar</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are about 1,000 active and 2,000 passive speakers of the <a href="/wiki/Slavomolisano_dialect" title="Slavomolisano dialect">Slavomolisano dialect</a>. The community originated from <a href="/wiki/Dalmatia" title="Dalmatia">Dalmatian</a> refugees fleeing from the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> conquests in the late 15th and 16th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Williams1991_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identity_and_status">Identity and status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Identity and status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The community does not have an ethnonym of their own, but are traditionally accustomed to the term <i>Zlava</i> and <i>Škjavuna</i> ("Slavs").<sup id="cite_ref-KortmannAuwera2011_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KortmannAuwera2011-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1999, the governments of Italy and Croatia recognize the community as a Croatian minority in Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the people consider themselves to be Italo-Slavs or Croatian-speaking <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italians</a>, and the term "Molise Croat" is a recent <a href="/wiki/Exonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Exonym">exonym</a> rather than their own name for themselves,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dating to the middle 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historical terms for this community include <i>Schiavoni</i>, <i>Sklavuni</i>, <i>Skiavuni</i> and <i>Šćavuni</i> ("Slavs"), and also <a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">demonymic</a> <i>de Sclavonia</i>, <i>de Dalmatia</i> or <i>partibus Illirie</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691–106_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691–106-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967 the minority has also been called "Serbo-Croats of Molise" (Serbo-croati del Molise<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p><p>The communities did not use a specific ethnonym, rather tribal determinants <i>naša krv</i> (our blood), <i>naša čeljad</i> (our dwellers), <i>braća naša</i> (our brothers), while for language speaking <i>na našo</i> (on our way).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another important aspect of identity is the tradition according which the community vaguely settled "z one ban(d)e mora" (from the other side of the sea).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012203_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012203-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1904, Josip Smodlaka recorded a testimony <i>su z' Dalmacije pur naši stari</i> (from Dalmatia are our ancestors).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" title="Early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a> connected the Croatian and Italian coast.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The historical sources from 10-11th centuries mention Slavic incursions in <a href="/wiki/Calabria" title="Calabria">Calabria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gargano" title="Gargano">Gargano</a> peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Rohlfs" title="Gerhard Rohlfs">Gerhard Rohlfs</a> in dialects from Gargano found many old Croatian lexical remains, and two toponyms <i>Peschici</i> (<i>*pěskъ-</i>) and <i>Lesina</i> (<i>*lěsь</i>, forest), which indicate <a href="/wiki/Chakavian_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Chakavian dialect">Chakavian dialect</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190,_198_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190,_198-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 12th century are confirmed toponyms <i>Castelluccio degli Schiavoni</i> and <i>San Vito degli Schiavoni</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between the 13th and 15th centuries, toponyms <i>Slavi cum casalibus</i> (<a href="/wiki/Otranto" title="Otranto">Otranto</a>, 1290), <i>Castellucium de Slavis</i> (<a href="/wiki/Province_of_Foggia" title="Province of Foggia">Capitanata</a>, 1305), <i>casale Sclavorum</i> (<a href="/wiki/Terra_di_Lavoro" title="Terra di Lavoro">Lavorno</a>, 1306), <i>clerici de Schalvis</i> (<a href="/wiki/Trivento" title="Trivento">Trivento</a>, 1328), <i>S. Martini in Sclavis</i> (Marsia, 13th century), <i>S. Nikolò degli Schiavoni</i> (<a href="/wiki/Vasto" title="Vasto">Vasto</a>, 1362).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1487 the residents of <a href="/wiki/Ancona" title="Ancona">Ancona</a> differed the <i>Slavi</i>, previously settled, and the newcomers <i>Morlacchi</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 16th century, <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Ortelius" title="Abraham Ortelius">Abraham Ortelius</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Theatrum_Orbis_Terrarum" title="Theatrum Orbis Terrarum">Theatrum Orbis Terrarum</a> (1570), West of Gargano in today's province of Molise mentioned <i>Dalmatia</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on Gargano also exist cape <i>Porto Croatico</i> and cove <i>Valle Croatica</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012195_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012195-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to evidence, Molise Croats arrived in the early 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The documents from the episcopal archive of <a href="/wiki/Termoli" title="Termoli">Termoli</a> indicate that Molise Croats arrived 1518 in <i>Stifilić</i> (San Felice).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A stone inscription on the church in <a href="/wiki/Palata,_Italy" title="Palata, Italy">Palata</a>, destroyed in the 1930s, read <i>Hoc Primum Dalmatiae Gentis Incoluere Castrum Ac Fundamentis Erexere Templum Anno 1531</i> (Residents of Dalmatia first settled the town and founded the church in 1531).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mention of <a href="/wiki/Ban_of_Croatia" title="Ban of Croatia">Croatian Ban</a> <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Karlovi%C4%87" title="Ivan Karlović">Ivan Karlović</a> (d. 1531) and absence of any Turkish word in folk poetry additionally proves this dating,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694,_99–100_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694,_99–100-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and unity of elements in Croatian folk poetry from diverse regions at the end of 15th and 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012198_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012198-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Serafino_Razzi" title="Serafino Razzi">Serafino Razzi</a> in his work <i>Cronica Vastese</i> (1576–1577) wrote that the Slavs who came across the sea founded in Molise region settlements <a href="/wiki/San_Felice_del_Molise" title="San Felice del Molise">San Felice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montemitro" title="Montemitro">Montemitro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acquaviva_Collecroce" title="Acquaviva Collecroce">Acquaviva Collecroce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palata,_Italy" title="Palata, Italy">Palata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tavenna" title="Tavenna">Tavenna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mafalda,_Molise" title="Mafalda, Molise">Ripalta</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Giacomo_degli_Schiavoni" title="San Giacomo degli Schiavoni">San Giacomo degli Schiavoni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montelongo" title="Montelongo">Montelongo</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Biase" title="San Biase">San Biase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petacciato" title="Petacciato">Petacciato</a>, Cerritello, <a href="/wiki/Sant%27Angelo_Limosano" title="Sant'Angelo Limosano">Sant'Angelo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montenero_di_Bisaccia" title="Montenero di Bisaccia">Montenero di Bisaccia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Slavs settled in Vasto, Forcabobolani, San Silvestro, <a href="/wiki/Vacri" title="Vacri">Vacri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casacanditella" title="Casacanditella">Casacanditella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francavilla_al_Mare" title="Francavilla al Mare">Francavilla al Mare</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Abruzzo" title="Abruzzo">Abruzzo</a> among others.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the Slavic congregation in Rome was established Illyrian brotherhood of St. Jerome, which was confirmed by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_V" title="Pope Nicholas V">Pope Nicholas V</a> in 1452.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slavs founded fifteen settlements in Molise,<sup id="cite_ref-Ninić1989_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ninić1989-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> according to Giacomo Scotti with around seven or eight thousand people,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which only three (San Felice, Montemitro, Acquaviva Collecroce) today have a Slavic-speaking community.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The existence of this Slavic <a href="/wiki/Colony" title="Colony">colony</a> was first mentioned in the 1850s, and was unknown outside Italy until 1855 when linguist <a href="/wiki/Medo_Puci%C4%87" title="Medo Pucić">Medo Pucić</a> from <a href="/wiki/Dubrovnik" title="Dubrovnik">Dubrovnik</a> journeyed to Italy and overheard a tailor in <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> speaking with his wife in a language very similar to Pucić's own.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694–95_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694–95-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tailor then told him that he came from the village of <i>Živavoda Kruč</i>, then part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies">Kingdom of the Two Sicilies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694–95_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694–95-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin">Origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The geographical origin of the Molise Croats (Slavs) has been vastly theorized. <a href="/wiki/Vikentij_Maku%C5%A1ev" title="Vikentij Makušev">Vikentij Makušev</a> while researching Slavic immigrants in <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>, heard "Old-Slavonic" words <i>rab</i>, <i>teg</i>, <i>kut</i>, <i>dom</i>, <i>gredem</i> etc., and being uninformed about their common use in Chakavian speech of Dalmatia, thought that they were Bulgarians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Risto_Kova%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Risto Kovačić">Risto Kovačić</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miroslav Pantić,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_de_Rubertis" title="Giovanni de Rubertis">Giovanni de Rubertis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Graziadio_Isaia_Ascoli" title="Graziadio Isaia Ascoli">Graziadio Isaia Ascoli</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> considered Molise Croats to be Serbs from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbian littoral.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695–96_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695–96-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Josip Gelecich considered the area of <a href="/wiki/Dubrovnik" title="Dubrovnik">Dubrovnik</a>-<a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor" title="Bay of Kotor">Bay of Kotor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There's almost no historical and linguistical evidence that Molise Croats originated from continental Balkans or <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A more specific and generally accepted area of origin is considered to have been <a href="/wiki/Dalmatia" title="Dalmatia">Dalmatia</a>. As such, Josip Aranza considered <a href="/wiki/Zadar" title="Zadar">Zadar</a> region,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> R. T. Badurina southern <a href="/wiki/Istria" title="Istria">Istria</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mate Hraste the hinterland of Zadar and <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ibenik" title="Šibenik">Šibenik</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Walter Breu the <a href="/wiki/Neretva" title="Neretva">Neretva</a> valley.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to linguistic features, it has been established that the area of origin was <a href="/wiki/Zabiokovlje" class="mw-redirect" title="Zabiokovlje">Zabiokovlje</a> and <a href="/wiki/Makarska_Riviera" title="Makarska Riviera">Makarska Riviera</a> (<a href="/wiki/Josip_Smodlaka" title="Josip Smodlaka">Josip Smodlaka</a>, Josip Barač, <a href="/wiki/Milan_Re%C5%A1etar" title="Milan Rešetar">Milan Rešetar</a>, Žarko Muljačić, <a href="/wiki/Dalibor_Brozovi%C4%87" title="Dalibor Brozović">Dalibor Brozović</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petar_%C5%A0imunovi%C4%87" title="Petar Šimunović">Petar Šimunović</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Slavomolisano_dialect" title="Slavomolisano dialect">Slavomolisano dialect</a></div> <p>The language of Molise Croats is considered to be important because of its archaism, preserved old folk songs and tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012197–198,_202–203_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012197–198,_202–203-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200699–100_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200699–100-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basic vocabulary was done by Milan Rešetar (in monography), Agostina Piccoli (along Antonio Sammartino, Snježana Marčec and Mira Menac-Mihalić) in <i>Rječnik moliškohrvatskoga govora Mundimitra</i> (<i>Dizionario dell' idioma croato-molisano di Montemitro</i>), and <i>Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce</i>, the grammar <i>Gramatika moliškohrvatskoga jezika </i> (Grammatica della lingua croato-molisana), as well work <i>Jezik i porijeklo stanovnika slavenskih naseobina u pokrajini Molise</i> by Anita Sujoldžić, <a href="/wiki/Bo%C5%BEidar_Finka" title="Božidar Finka">Božidar Finka</a>, Petar Šimunović and Pavao Rudan.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200697_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200697-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The language of Molise Croats belongs to Western <a href="/wiki/Shtokavian_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Shtokavian dialect">Shtokavian</a> dialect of Ikavian accent,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with many features and lexemes of Chakavian dialect.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lexicon comparison points to the similarity with language of <a href="/wiki/Sumartin" title="Sumartin">Sumartin</a> on <a href="/wiki/Bra%C4%8D" title="Brač">Brač</a>, <a href="/wiki/Su%C4%87uraj" title="Sućuraj">Sućuraj</a> on <a href="/wiki/Hvar" title="Hvar">Hvar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ra%C4%8Di%C5%A1%C4%87e" title="Račišće">Račišće</a> on <a href="/wiki/Kor%C4%8Dula" title="Korčula">Korčula</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> settlements founded almost in the same time as those in Molise,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and together point to the similarity of several settlements in South-Western and Western Istria (see <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Istrian" title="Southwestern Istrian">Southwestern Istrian</a> dialect), formed by the population of Makarska hinterland and Western Herzegovina.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200697_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200697-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Giacomo Scotti noted that the ethnic identity and language was only preserved in San Felice, Montemitro and Acquaviva Collecroce thanks to the geographical and transport distance of the villages from the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Josip Smodlaka noted that during his visit in the early 1900s the residents of Palata still knew to speak in Croatian about basic terms like home and field works, but if the conversation touched more complex concepts they had to use Italian.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987190_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987190-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antroponyms">Antroponyms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Antroponyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The personal names, surnames and toponyms additionally confirm the origin of Molise Croats.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012195_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012195-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Preserved <a href="/wiki/Italianization" title="Italianization">Italianized</a> surnames in Acquaviva Collecroce include <i>Jaccusso</i> (Jakaš), <i>Lali</i> (Lalić), <i>Matijacci</i> (Matijačić), <i>Mileti</i> (Miletić), <i>Mirco</i> (Mirko), <i>Papiccio</i> (Papić), <i>Pecca</i> (Pekić, Peršić), <i>Radi</i> (Radić), <i>Tomizzi</i> (Tomičić), <i>Veta</i> (Iveta);<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in San Felice include <i>Blasetta</i> (Blažeta), <i>Gliosca</i> (Joško), <i>Petrella</i> (Petrela), <i>Radata</i> (Radetić), <i>Zara</i> (Zaro, Zadro);<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Montemitro include <i>Blascetta</i> (Blažeta), <i>Giorgetta</i> (Jureta), <i>Lali</i>, <i>Miletti</i>, <i>Mirco</i>, <i>Staniscia</i> (Stanišić), <i>Gorgolizza</i> (Gurgurica, Grgurić), <i>Sciscia</i> (Šišić), <i>Juricci</i> (Jurić), <i>Joviccio</i> (Jović) etc.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194_36-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The surnames differ; <a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">patronymics</a> with suffix <i>-ović</i> (<i>Marovicchio</i>, <i>Marcovicchio</i>, <i>Pastrovicchio</i>), diminutive-hypocoristic (<i>Vucenichio</i>, <i>Popicchio</i>, <i>Milicchio</i>), nicknames attribute (<i>Vecera</i>, <i>Tosti</i>, <i>Poganizza</i>, <i>Bilac</i>, <i>Berhizz</i>), ethnic-toponyms attribute (<i>Klissa</i>, <i>Lisa</i>, <i>Zara</i>, <i>Rauzei</i>, <i>Schiavone di Corzula, Traù, Ciuppana</i>, <i>de Raguza</i>), Italian lexic origin (<i>Curic</i>, <i>Scaramucchio</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012196_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012196-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A rich array of kinship names (including <i>vlah</i>, fiancé, and <i>vlahinja</i>, fiancée), and many lexemes indicate that among the population of Molise Croats were genuine <a href="/wiki/Vlachs_of_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vlachs of Croatia">Vlach</a> communities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193–194,_197_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193–194,_197-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been preserved the tradition of nickname <i>Mrlakin</i> (<a href="/wiki/Morlachs" title="Morlachs">Morlak</a>; "shepherd") and old homeland for the <i>Mirco</i> family (<a href="/wiki/Ba%C4%87ina_lakes" title="Baćina lakes">Baćina lakes</a> near <a href="/wiki/Plo%C4%8De" title="Ploče">Ploče</a> in Dalmatia).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194,_197_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012194,_197-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the Vlach influence point forms <i>Mrlakina</i>, <i>Jakovina</i>, <i>Jureta</i>, <i>Radeta</i>, <i>Peronja</i>, <i>Mileta</i>, <i>Vučeta</i>, <i>Pavluša</i>, patronyms with suffix <i>-ica</i> (<i>Vučica</i>, <i>Grgorica</i>, <i>Radonjica</i>, <i>Budinica</i>), name suffix <i>-ul</i> (<i>Radul</i>, <i>Micul</i>), and verb <i>čičarati / kikarati</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012197_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012197-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toponyms">Toponyms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Toponyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There's an abundant number of toponyms which include the ethnonyms <i>Sciavo</i>, <i>Schiavone</i>, <i>Slavo</i>, <i>Sclavone</i> and their variations in South-Eastern Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012199_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012199-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The evidence shows that Italians usually used this ethnonyms as synonyms for the name of Croats and residents of Dalmatia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012199_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012199-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, in 1584 in <i>Palcarino degli Schiavoni</i> (Irinia) was mentioned a priest <i>de nazione Schiavone o Dalmatico</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012199–200_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012199–200-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The names of Molise settlements are Italianized Acquaviva Collecroce (<i>Živavoda Krȕč</i>), Montemitro (<i>Mundìmītar</i>), San Felice (Stifìlīć > Fìlīć).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012200_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012200-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Toponymy includes several semantic categories; characteristics of the ground (Brdo, Dolaz, Draga, Grba, Kraji, Livade, Polizza, Ravnizza, Vrisi), soil composition (Stina, Drvar), hydronyms (Vrila, Jesera, Jaz, Locqua, Potocco, Coritti, Fontizza), flora (Dubrava, Valle di Miscignavizza, Paprato, Topolizza), fauna (Berdo do kujne, Most do tovari), position of the object (Monte svrhu Roccile, Fonte donio, Fonte zdolu Grade), human activity (Gradina, Ulizza, Puč, Cimiter, Selo, Grad, Stasa), and property owners (Maseria Mirco, Colle di Jure).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012200–202_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012200–202-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The toponymy of Molise is almost identical to the toponymy of Makarska Riviera.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012202_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012202-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The community is adherent to <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200698–99_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200698–99-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon settling in inhabited current area, Molise Croats engaged in <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture" title="Subsistence agriculture">subsistence agriculture</a> (mostly producing grain, as well as some vine-cultivation and other kinds of agriculture) and <a href="/wiki/Animal_husbandry" title="Animal husbandry">animal husbandry</a>, as well as home <a href="/wiki/Lacemaking_in_Croatia" title="Lacemaking in Croatia">lacemaking</a> and the trade of resulting goods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In modern times, olive and olive oil production are also cultivated. The village residents mostly work in nearby towns, like Termoli and <a href="/wiki/San_Salvo" title="San Salvo">San Salvo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The long-term exposure to the disintegration processes and Italian foreign language surroundings, as well absence of cultural institutions, resulted in the loss of ethnic identity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188–189_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188–189-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ethnic identity of Molise Croats consists of a common language, shared ancestry and physical appearance, personal names and toponyms, common customs (living and dressing), as well an oral tradition of migration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1904, <i>Slavenska knjižnica</i> (Biblioteca Slava) was founded in Acquaviva Collecroc; from 1968, the journal <i>Naš jezik</i> was released, and again between 1986–1988 as <i>Naš život</i> in Slavomolisano dialect.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189–190_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189–190-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2002, a journal entitled <i>Riča živa</i> has been released.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local amateur associations preserve the tradition, folklore, and language.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, the <i>Agostina Piccoli</i> Foundation was founded, which in 2002 was officially recognized by Italy as an institution for preservation and protection of Molise Croats culture and tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102–103_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102–103-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 18th century, <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Maria_Galanti" title="Giuseppe Maria Galanti">Giuseppe Maria Galanti</a> in his work <i>Descrizione dello stato antico ed attuale del Contado di Molise</i> (1781), as <i>Schiavoni</i> settlements considered Acquaviva Collecroce (1380 pop.), Montemitro (460), San Siase (960), San Felice (1009), Tavenna (1325), and noted that the residents of Ripalta (781) spoke equally poorly Slavic and Italian.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Giovenale_Vegezzi_Ruscalla" title="Giovenale Vegezzi Ruscalla">Giovenale Vegezzi Ruscalla</a> in his work <i>Le Colonie Serbo–Dalmate del circondario di Lacino - provincia di Molise</i> (1864), recorded that only three villages preserved <i>la lingua della Dalmazia</i>, and population was, like previously by Galanti, around 4,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the residents of Tavenna noted that until 1805 they still spoke <i>slavo-dalmato</i>, but in the last census (probably from 1861), certain sixty elders who preserved the language did not declare for <i>lingua dalmata</i> because was afraid of being considered strangers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1867, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli considered that around 20,000 residents of Molise region were of Slavic origin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This figure is considered to be unfounded.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the years, due to economic and social issues, many families migrated to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Italy" title="Northern Italy">Northern Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, and overseas to <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993176-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population figures reported in the census do not necessarily show accurate data for the language speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993178_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993178-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="15">Population number according census<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993178_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993178-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Census year</b></td> <td><b>1861</b></td> <td><b>1871</b></td> <td><b>1881</b></td> <td><b>1901</b></td> <td><b>1911</b></td> <td><b>1921</b></td> <td><b>1931</b></td> <td><b>1936</b></td> <td><b>1951</b></td> <td><b>1961</b></td> <td><b>1971</b></td> <td><b>1981</b></td> <td><b>1991</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Acquaviva_Collecroce" title="Acquaviva Collecroce">Acquaviva Collecroce</a></td> <td>1777</td> <td>1820</td> <td>1937</td> <td>2212</td> <td>2243</td> <td>2017</td> <td>2058</td> <td>2172</td> <td>2250</td> <td>1808</td> <td>1157</td> <td>1017</td> <td>897 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montemitro" title="Montemitro">Montemitro</a></td> <td>799</td> <td>787</td> <td>849</td> <td>1006</td> <td>1017</td> <td>944</td> <td>935</td> <td>915</td> <td>906</td> <td>874</td> <td>749</td> <td>624</td> <td>544 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Felice_del_Molise" title="San Felice del Molise">San Felice</a></td> <td>1460</td> <td>1436</td> <td>1550</td> <td>1664</td> <td>1681</td> <td>1655</td> <td>1592</td> <td>1653</td> <td>1727</td> <td>1371</td> <td>1003</td> <td>911</td> <td>881 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croats_of_Italy" title="Croats of Italy">Croats of Italy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molise_Croats&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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<a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012189_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 189.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Williams1991-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Williams1991_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFColin_H._Williams1991" class="citation book cs1">Colin H. Williams (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=065qkbf9M44C&pg=PA61"><i>Linguistic Minorities, Society, and Territory</i></a>. Multilingual Matters. p. 61. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85359-131-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85359-131-0"><bdi>978-1-85359-131-0</bdi></a>. <q>Croatian in three villages in the Molise region stems from settlement there by Slavs during the later Middle Ages (Ucchino, 1957).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Linguistic+Minorities%2C+Society%2C+and+Territory&rft.pages=61&rft.pub=Multilingual+Matters&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-1-85359-131-0&rft.au=Colin+H.+Williams&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D065qkbf9M44C%26pg%3DPA61&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMolise+Croats" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KortmannAuwera2011-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KortmannAuwera2011_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBernd_KortmannJohan_van_der_Auwera2011" class="citation book cs1">Bernd Kortmann; Johan van der Auwera (27 July 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vi_VCm51kpkC&pg=PA435"><i>The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide</i></a>. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 435–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-022026-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-11-022026-1"><bdi>978-3-11-022026-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Languages+and+Linguistics+of+Europe%3A+A+Comprehensive+Guide&rft.pages=435-&rft.pub=Walter+de+Gruyter&rft.date=2011-07-27&rft.isbn=978-3-11-022026-1&rft.au=Bernd+Kortmann&rft.au=Johan+van+der+Auwera&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dvi_VCm51kpkC%26pg%3DPA435&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMolise+Croats" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anita Sujoldžić, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mundimitar.it/englis/montemitro_en_271.htm">"Molise Croatian Idiom"</a>, <i>Coll. Antropol.</i> 28 Suppl. 1 (2004) 263–274<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Along with the institutional support provided by the Italian government and Croatian institutions based on bilateral agreements between the two states, the Slavic communities also received a new label for their language and a new ethnic identity – Croatian, and there have been increasing tendencies to standardize the spoken idiom on the basis of Standard Croatian. It should be stressed, however, that although they regarded their different language as a source of prestige and self-appreciation, these communities have always considered themselves to be Italians who in addition have Slavic origins and at best accept to be called Italo-Slavi, while the term "Molise Croatian" emerged recently as a general term in scientific and popular literature to describe the Croatian-speaking population living in the Molise.</p></blockquote></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200692_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691–106-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200691–106_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 91–106.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MxhKAAAAYAAJ"><i>Atti del Convegno internazionale sul tema: gli Atlanti linguistici, problemi e risultati: Roma, 20-24 ottobre 1967</i></a>. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. 1969. <q>I tre villaggi serbo-croati del Molise sono invece completamente isolati, quindi risentono molto dell'ambiente circostante.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Atti+del+Convegno+internazionale+sul+tema%3A+gli+Atlanti+linguistici%2C+problemi+e+risultati%3A+Roma%2C+20-24+ottobre+1967&rft.pub=Accademia+nazionale+dei+Lincei&rft.date=1969&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMxhKAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMolise+Croats" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012203-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012203_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 203.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200693_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 93.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 190.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190,_198-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012190,_198_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 190, 198.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012191_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 191.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012193_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012195-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012195_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012195_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 195.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987187_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTelišman1987">Telišman 1987</a>, p. 187.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIvan_Ninić1989" class="citation book cs1">Ivan Ninić (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tK6OAAAAMAAJ"><i>Migrations in Balkan history</i></a>. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 72. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-86-7179-006-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-86-7179-006-2"><bdi>978-86-7179-006-2</bdi></a>. <q>In Molise alone fifteen Slavic settlements came into existence, but the majority of Slavs in cities and villages were, ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Migrations+in+Balkan+history&rft.pages=72&rft.pub=Serbian+Academy+of+Sciences+and+Arts%2C+Institute+for+Balkan+Studies&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-86-7179-006-2&rft.au=Ivan+Nini%C4%87&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtK6OAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMolise+Croats" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiccoli1993177_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPiccoli1993">Piccoli 1993</a>, p. 177.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694–95-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694–95_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200694–95_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 94–95.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 95.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUniverzitet_u_Beogradu._Filološki_fakultet1971" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Univerzitet u Beogradu. Filološki fakultet (1971). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=n3lHAQAAIAAJ"><i>Prilozi za književnost, jezik, istoriju i folklor, Том 37</i></a> (in Serbian). p. 37<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 September</span> 2012</span>. <q>Risto Kovačić visited Molise in 1884 and wrote a report to the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Learned_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian Learned Society">Serbian Learned Society</a> about Serbian settlements. In his report, published in 1885, he emphasized that there were nine Serbian settlements of as many as 16,000 people. In three settlements about 4,000 people still spoke <a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>, considered themselves Serbs, and kept tradition of <i><a href="/wiki/Badnjak_(Serbian)" title="Badnjak (Serbian)">badnjak</a></i> as their legacy.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prilozi+za+knji%C5%BEevnost%2C+jezik%2C+istoriju+i+folklor%2C+%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC+37&rft.pages=37&rft.date=1971&rft.au=Univerzitet+u+Beogradu.+Filolo%C5%A1ki+fakultet&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dn3lHAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMolise+Croats" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012192_26-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 192.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKovačić1885" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Risto_Kova%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Risto Kovačić">Kovačić, Risto</a> (1885). "Srpske Naseobine u Južnoj Italiji". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cQQbAAAAMAAJ"><i>Glasnik Srpskoga učenog društva, Volume 62</i></a>. Serbian Learned Society. pp. 273–340 [281]<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 July</span> 2011</span>. <q>По господину де Рубертису, вели госп. Асколи ондје, први Срби — или како их онамо обичније зову Schiavoni или Dalmati — дошли су у Молизе заедно с Арбанасима (Албанези) што их је онамо довео Скендербег.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Srpske+Naseobine+u+Ju%C5%BEnoj+Italiji&rft.btitle=Glasnik+Srpskoga+u%C4%8Denog+dru%C5%A1tva%2C+Volume+62&rft.pages=273-340+281&rft.pub=Serbian+Learned+Society&rft.date=1885&rft.aulast=Kova%C4%8Di%C4%87&rft.aufirst=Risto&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcQQbAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMolise+Croats" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695–96-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200695–96_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 95–96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200696_29-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAranza1892" class="citation book cs1">Aranza, Josip (1892). <i>Woher die südslavischen Colonien in Süditalien</i>. 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012200–202_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 200–202.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012202-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŠimunović2012202_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFŠimunović2012">Šimunović 2012</a>, p. 202.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić200698–99-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić200698–99_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 98–99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188–189-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987188–189_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTelišman1987">Telišman 1987</a>, p. 188–189.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189–190-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETelišman1987189–190_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTelišman1987">Telišman 1987</a>, p. 189–190.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102_54-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 102.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102–103-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerinić2006102–103_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerinić2006">Perinić 2006</a>, p. 102–103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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"Migracije Moliških Hrvata u Zapadnu Australiju". In Lovrenčić, Željka (ed.). <i>Iseljenički horizonti, Prikazi i feljtoni</i> [<i>Migrations of Molise Croats in Western Australia</i>] (in Croatian). 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