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Explosion on Krk

When
10 June 1898
Where
Krk
Part of
Tuone Udaina, last speaker of Dalmatian, killed

Tuone Udaina was killed in an explosion during road construction on the island of Krk on 10 June 1898.

Udaina, aged 74, died in an explosion during road construction on Krk. This event is generally assumed to have caused the extinction of the Dalmatian language, as no other speakers were known to have lived after his death.

Sources

  1. Tuone Udaina Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-05
  2. Krk Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27

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