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Adam Bohoric (born c. 1520 - November 20 1598) was a Slovene Protestant preacher, teacher and author of the first grammar of the Slovene language.

Bohoric was born in the market town of Rajhenburg (now known as Brestanica
Brestanica

Brestanica is a small town in Eastern Slovenia.It was the birthplace of Adam Bohoric , Protestant preacher, teacher and author of the first grammar of the Slovene language....
, a part of Krško
Krško

Kr?ko lies in the south-east part of Slovenia, where the Sava valley widens up into the vast Bre?i?ko - kr?ko polje.Kr?ko is known for Slovenia's one and only nuclear power plant, the Kr?ko Nuclear Power Plant....
) in the Duchy of Carniola
Duchy of Carniola

The Duchy of Carniola was an administrative unit of the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy from 1364 to 1918. Its capital was Ljubljana....
, on the border between Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola

Lower Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia. It is a part of the historical Habsburg crown land of Carniola . The region of White Carniola is often considered a part of Lower Carniola....
 and Lower Styria
Lower Styria

Lower Styria is a historical region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Styria ....
 (now in Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
). In 1584, he wrote his most important work, Articae horulae succisivae. This book, written in Latin, is in fact the first grammar of the Slovene language and also the first Slovene orthography.






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Adam Bohoric (born c. 1520 - November 20 1598) was a Slovene Protestant preacher, teacher and author of the first grammar of the Slovene language.

Bohoric was born in the market town of Rajhenburg (now known as Brestanica
Brestanica

Brestanica is a small town in Eastern Slovenia.It was the birthplace of Adam Bohoric , Protestant preacher, teacher and author of the first grammar of the Slovene language....
, a part of Krško
Krško

Kr?ko lies in the south-east part of Slovenia, where the Sava valley widens up into the vast Bre?i?ko - kr?ko polje.Kr?ko is known for Slovenia's one and only nuclear power plant, the Kr?ko Nuclear Power Plant....
) in the Duchy of Carniola
Duchy of Carniola

The Duchy of Carniola was an administrative unit of the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy from 1364 to 1918. Its capital was Ljubljana....
, on the border between Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola

Lower Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia. It is a part of the historical Habsburg crown land of Carniola . The region of White Carniola is often considered a part of Lower Carniola....
 and Lower Styria
Lower Styria

Lower Styria is a historical region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Styria ....
 (now in Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
). In 1584, he wrote his most important work, Articae horulae succisivae. This book, written in Latin, is in fact the first grammar of the Slovene language and also the first Slovene orthography. In this work Bohoric set rules for the first Slovene alphabet - called the Bohoric alphabet
Bohoric alphabet

The Bohoric alphabet was an orthography used for the Slovene language between the 16th and 19th centuries. Its name stems from Adam Bohoric, who codified the alphabet in his 1584 book Articae Horulae Succisivae....
 , which was used up to the 1840s, when it was replaced by the gajica.

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