Slovenian and slovenian terminology

Abstract

Slovenian was first written down around the year 1000 in the Freising manuscripts, which are the first written document in Slovenian and the first record of any Slavic language in Latin script. The era of the Protestant Reformation was also important: in 1550 the first Slovenian books were printed (Abecedarium and Catechismus by the Protestant preacher Primož Trubar). In 1584, Adam Bohorič published the first Slovenian grammar (in Latin), and in the same year Jurij Dalmatin translated the Bible into Slovenian. The nineteenth century was also very important for the status of the language. In 1849, Slovenian became one of the ten official languages ​​of Austria-Hungary, and in 1851 Slovene was unified for use in schools and official texts. In 1894 and 1895, Maks Pleteršnik’s Slovenian–German dictionary was published, which was the most complete inventory of Slovenian until the Standard Slovenian Dictionary (SSKJ; 1970–1990) was completed. In 1899, Fran Levec published the first Slovenian normative guide. The current normative guide (Pravopis) was published in 2001, and a new version (ePravopis) is being created at the ZRC SAZU Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. A new general Slovenian dictionary (eSSKJ) is also being created there. Both dictionaries are published on the Fran portal, where one can also find other dictionaries created at the institute.