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 dž ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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