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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Ljudevit Gaj canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Croatian linguist
journalist
language reformer
person
politician
birthDate 1809-07-08
birthPlace Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
linked to: Kingdom of Croatia

Krapina
burialPlace Mirogoj Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Austrian Empire
deathDate 1872-04-20
deathPlace Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
linked to: Kingdom of Croatia

Zagreb
educatedAt University of Graz
University of Pest
University of Vienna
ethnicGroup Croats
familyName Gaj
founded Danica ilirska
Novine horvatske
givenName Ljudevit
linked to: Branislav
influenced Croatian national identity
development of modern Croatian literary language
introducedDigraph
lj
nj
introducedLetter ć
č
š
ž
language Croatian
German
Latin
movement Croatian national revival
Illyrian movement
name Ljudevit Gaj
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
religion Roman Catholicism
role leader of the Illyrian movement
scriptReformed Croatian Latin alphabet
standardized Gaj's Latin alphabet
work Kratka osnova horvatsko-slavenskog pravopisanja

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Gaj's Latin alphabet namedAfter Ljudevit Gaj
Gaj's Latin alphabet creator Ljudevit Gaj
Ljudevit Gaj name Ljudevit Gaj
Gajevica designedBy Ljudevit Gaj