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Ljudevit Gaj

1809–1872 · 19th century

Ljudevit Gaj was a Croatian linguist, journalist and politician, leader of the Illyrian movement for the cultural and national revival of the South Slavs. In 1830 he published a reformed Latin alphabet for Croatian, the basis of the modern script, and from 1835 his newspapers helped establish the Štokavian dialect as the literary language. He played a prominent part in Croatian politics in 1848.

Ljudevit Gaj
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Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)

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