The medieval descendants of pastoral Delmatae in Dalmatian inlands conserved at least partly a mixed semi-Romance tongue or Morlachian dialect ( Murlaška besida ) , then persisting also in Austrian Empire , chiefly among 2100 local shepherds around recent town Livno up to World War 1 .
The medieval descendants of the pastoral Delmatae in Dalmatian inlands conserved at least partly a mixed semi-Romance tongue or Morlachian dialect ( Murlaška besida ) . 
 This Morlachian ( Vlach ) language persisted also in the Austrian Empire , chiefly among 2100 local shepherds around recent town Livno up to World War 1 .