# Antonio Udina ("Burbur")

> Antonio Udina — known by his nickname "Burbur" — was the last fluent speaker of the Vegliot Dalmatian language, whose 1898 death ended an entire Romance language; his linguistic interviews with Matteo Bartoli preserved what we know of this lost language.

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Antonio Udina — known by his nickname "Burbur" — was the last fluent speaker of the Vegliot Dalmatian language, whose 1898 death ended an entire Romance language; his linguistic interviews with Matteo Bartoli preserved what we know of this lost language.

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