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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instanceOf Croatian linguist
journalist
language reformer
person
politician
birthDate 1809-07-08
birthPlace Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia NERFINISHED
Krapina NERFINISHED
burialPlace Mirogoj Cemetery NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
deathDate 1872-04-20
deathPlace Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia NERFINISHED
Zagreb NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Graz NERFINISHED
University of Pest NERFINISHED
University of Vienna
ethnicGroup Croats NERFINISHED
familyName Gaj NERFINISHED
founded Danica ilirska NERFINISHED
Novine horvatske NERFINISHED
givenName Ljudevit NERFINISHED
influenced Croatian national identity
development of modern Croatian literary language
introducedDigraph
lj
nj
introducedLetter ć
č
š
ž
language Croatian
German
Latin NERFINISHED
movement Croatian national revival NERFINISHED
Illyrian movement NERFINISHED
name Ljudevit Gaj NERFINISHED
notableFor promotion of a unified literary language for Croats and other South Slavs
reform of South Slavic orthography
standardization of the Croatian Latin alphabet
occupation journalist
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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Gaj's Latin alphabet namedAfter Ljudevit Gaj
Gaj's Latin alphabet creator Ljudevit Gaj