ZAGREB, Oct 23 (Hina) - One-hundred-and-fifty-three years ago today, Ivan Kukuljevic, a Croatian reformer, politician and historian, urged introducing the Croatian language into use in parliament besides the official Latin. On Monday,
parliamentary deputy speaker Vlatko Pavletic recalled that important moment in Croatian history. Oct. 23, 1847, when a request was made for the official use of Croatian in parliament, had been "a great day for Croatian politics and culture," said Pavletic. "The Latin used up to that time gave parliament a certain dignity and protected MPs from pressures to speak German or Hungarian. The awakening of national conscience and the time of renaissance in all fields called for finally discarding the centuries-long practice to the benefit of the language the Croatian people had spoken the entire time during which representatives of the social classes debated
ZAGREB, Oct 23 (Hina) - One-hundred-and-fifty-three years ago
today, Ivan Kukuljevic, a Croatian reformer, politician and
historian, urged introducing the Croatian language into use in
parliament besides the official Latin.
On Monday, parliamentary deputy speaker Vlatko Pavletic recalled
that important moment in Croatian history.
Oct. 23, 1847, when a request was made for the official use of
Croatian in parliament, had been "a great day for Croatian politics
and culture," said Pavletic.
"The Latin used up to that time gave parliament a certain dignity
and protected MPs from pressures to speak German or Hungarian. The
awakening of national conscience and the time of renaissance in all
fields called for finally discarding the centuries-long practice
to the benefit of the language the Croatian people had spoken the
entire time during which representatives of the social classes
debated and compiled documents in the Latin language," he said.
"Both the Latin used as the official language for centuries, and
finally the Croatian, testify to Croatia's irrefutable place in
Central Europe," Pavletic said.
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