Vienna Literary Agreement

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The Vienna Literary Agreement was an 1850 accord among South Slavic writers that laid the foundations for a unified Serbo-Croatian literary language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
language standardization agreement
treaty
alsoKnownAs Bečki književni dogovor
Vienna Literary Accord
chronologicalOrder 19th-century language agreement
countryAtTime Austrian Empire
dateSigned 1850-03-28
dialectalBasis Neo-Shtokavian dialect
field South Slavic studies
historical linguistics
sociolinguistics
hasConsequences long-term debates over Serbo-Croatian unity and separation
historicalContext Illyrian movement
South Slavic national revival
influenced Bosnian standard language
linked to: Bosnian

Montenegrin standard language
Serbo-Croatian standard language
linked to: Serbo-Croatian

standard Croatian language
standard Serbian language
languageFamilyContext South Slavic languages
languageRegulated Croatian language
linked to: Croatian

Serbian language
Serbo-Croatian language
linked to: Serbo-Croatian
location Vienna
orthographicBasis phonemic orthography
purpose to harmonize Serbian and Croatian literary norms
to lay foundations for a unified Serbo-Croatian literary language
to promote a common literary language for South Slavs
relatedTo Serbo-Croatian language question
language planning in the Habsburg Monarchy
result convergence of Serbian and Croatian literary standards
formal recognition of a common literary language for Serbs and Croats
scriptUsed Cyrillic script
Latin script
signatoryGroup Croatian writers
Serbian writers
South Slavic writers
signedBy Dimitrije Demeter
Franjo Miklošić
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski
Ivan Mažuranić
Stanko Vraz
Vinko Pacel
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
linked to: Vuk Karadžić

other South Slavic intellectuals
Đuro Daničić
signedIn Austrian Empire
yearSigned 1850

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Serbo-Croatian wasCodifiedBy Vienna Literary Agreement
Vienna Literary Agreement alsoKnownAs Bečki književni dogovor
linked to: Vienna Literary Agreement
Vienna Literary Agreement alsoKnownAs Vienna Literary Accord
linked to: Vienna Literary Agreement