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Istriot is a Romance language spoken by approximately 400 people in Croatia's southwestern Istrian peninsula, with its primary usage in Rovinj and Vodnjan. It is distinct from the Istrian dialect of the Venetian language. Classifying Istriot has been challenging, and it has been categorized as part of the Dalmatian Romance subgroup by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in 2017. However, due to its unique features and limited speaker population, other perspectives consider it as distinct from other Romance languages in various ways.

Historically, the Istriot language was known by different names in the towns where it was spoken, such as "Bumbaro" in Vodnjan, "Vallese" in Bale, "Rovignese" in Rovinj, "Sissanese" in Šišan, "Fasanese" in Fažana, and "Gallesanese" in Galižana. The term "Istriot" was introduced by the 19th-century Italian linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli. Efforts to promote and preserve Istriot include events like the Festival of the Istriot dialect (Festival dell'istrioto), which takes place in Šišan from October 5 to 8 as a significant initiative.

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