▁through ▁or al ▁trad itions ▁of ▁rec iting ▁fol kt ales ▁in ▁social ▁gather ings , ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁lingu istic ▁differences ▁from ▁Cro at ian ▁speak ers ▁and ▁teaching ▁the ▁language ▁to ▁non - Ar ban asi ▁sp ouses ▁in ▁cases ▁of ▁marriage . ▁In ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁and ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁Dal mat ia ▁was ▁under ▁H aps burg ▁rule . ▁The ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁primary ▁school ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁resulted ▁in ▁some ▁Ar ban asi ▁receiving ▁a ▁mainly ▁Italian ▁language ▁education ▁with ▁some ▁Cro at ian ▁and ▁two ▁week ly ▁less ons ▁in ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian . ▁Another ▁primary ▁school ▁existed ▁teaching ▁mostly ▁in ▁Cro at ian ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁it ▁made ▁learning ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian ▁oblig atory ▁for ▁students ▁who ▁had ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁mother ▁tongue . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁Gia como ▁V ux ani ▁and ▁Ar ban asi ▁promoted ▁and ▁organ ised ▁the ▁Ital o - Al ban ian ▁Association ▁in ▁Z ad ar . ▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁to ▁mid ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁Ar ban asi ▁were ▁divided ▁along ▁national ▁lines ▁and ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁community ▁self ▁identified ▁either ▁as ▁It ali ans ▁or ▁Cro ats . ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁One , ▁Z ad ar ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁Italy ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁inter war ▁period , ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian ▁was ▁at ▁first ▁toler ated ▁and ▁in ▁later ▁years ▁b anned ▁from ▁being