Ljudevit Gaj
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Ljudevit Gaj was a 19th-century Croatian linguist, writer, and leading figure of the Illyrian movement who standardized the Croatian Latin alphabet and helped shape modern Croatian literary language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Croatian linguist
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journalist ⓘ language reformer ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1809-07-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
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Krapina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mirogoj Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Austrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1872-04-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
NERFINISHED
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Zagreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Graz
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University of Pest NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Vienna ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Croats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded |
Danica ilirska
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Novine horvatske NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ljudevit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Croatian national identity
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development of modern Croatian literary language ⓘ |
| introducedDigraph |
dž
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lj ⓘ nj ⓘ |
| introducedLetter |
ć
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č ⓘ š ⓘ ž ⓘ |
| language |
Croatian
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German ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Croatian national revival
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Illyrian movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Ljudevit Gaj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
promotion of a unified literary language for Croats and other South Slavs
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reform of South Slavic orthography ⓘ standardization of the Croatian Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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linguist ⓘ politician ⓘ publisher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| publicationYearOf | Kratka osnova horvatsko-slavenskog pravopisanja, 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Illyrian movement ⓘ |
| scriptReformed | Croatian Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardized | Gaj's Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| work | Kratka osnova horvatsko-slavenskog pravopisanja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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