The Dalmatae or Delmatae are an ancient people who inhabite the core of what will become known as Dalmatia after the Roman conquest - now the eastern Adriatic coast in Croatia, between the rivers Krka and Neretva.

The Delmatae are mostly classed as an Illyrian tribe, although for most of their history they are independent of the Illyrian kingdom which bordera to the southeast of them.