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'''Giacomo Micaglia''' (Croatian: '''Jacopo Mikalia'''<ref>http://www.bookmaps.de/lib/ruc/g/r/gra_55.html</ref>, '''Jacov Mikaglja'''<ref>http://www.bookmaps.de/lib/ruc/b/l/bla_21.html</ref>, '''Jakov Mikalja''', ''Latin:'' '''Jacobi Micalia''') (], ] - ], ]) was an Italian ] and ] from ]. He was the author of an early ] of ''Illyric'' (], in the frame of ]). His work is integral part of ]. '''Giacomo Micaglia''' (Croatian: '''Jacopo Mikalia'''<ref>http://www.bookmaps.de/lib/ruc/g/r/gra_55.html</ref>, '''Jacov Mikaglja'''<ref>http://www.bookmaps.de/lib/ruc/b/l/bla_21.html</ref>, '''Jakov Mikalja''', ''Latin:'' '''Jacobi Micalia''') (], ] - ], ]) was an Italian ] and ] from ]. He was the author of an early ] of ''Illyric'' (until XIX century, referred to the ] ]s<ref name="Wilki">Sir ]; ''''; London, 1848; vol. 1, pp.30-31<blockquote>The ''Illyrian'', subdivided into the following dialects:<br />
a. ''Servian'', composed of the subdialects of Servia proper, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Dalmatia,...<br />
b. ''Croatian'': ...<br /> c. ''Carinthian'':...</blockquote><</ref>).<br />
His work is integral part of ].
==Life== ==Life==
Micaglia was born in ] on the peninsula of ] in the ] ], one of the Slavic settlement growth in that time in ]. He said about himself to be an Italian of Slavic language . After completing the studies in ] in ], he became a ]. Micaglia was born in ] on the peninsula of ] in the ] ], one of the Slavic settlement growth in that time in ]. He said about himself to be an Italian of Slavic language . After completing the studies in ] in ], he became a ].
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== Controversy == == Controversy ==
{{Original research}} {{Original research}}
Today the ''Illyric'' Dictionary of Micaglia is often presented as a ''Croatian'' dictionary .
Micaglia's Dictionary is regarded as a ''Croatian'' dictionary by mainstream lexicographers and linguists. There is also the minority opinion that the dictionary is better described by the word ''Serbocroatian'', because the present days ]s of ] share the same ]<ref></ref><ref>http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=hbs</ref> and because Micaglia collected words of different ] ]s, outside the present day Croatia (mainly in ]), and that the word ''Illyric'' shall be referred to all the former Yugoslavian dialects; it can consequently be properly described by the therm '']'' (or "''] ]''").<br />
Anyway, the therm ''Illyric'' was formerly used to describe all the South Slavic ]s (a definition that was still in use in the mid of ]) <ref name="Wilki"/>. <br />
However, from the cultural point of view, Mikalja's work was influenced by earlier work of ] and it influenced ]ian circle of lexicographers (among them ] and ]), both in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His work is integral part of ].
A modern scientific equivalent of ''Illyric'' could be the therm '''] ] (or, simply, ']''), a therm that is applied to the Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin and Bosnian ]s, which, even today, share the same ]<ref></ref><ref>http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=hbs</ref> (not to be confused with the repective ]s). <br />
It shall furhtemore pointed out that Micaglia has collected words of different ] ]s, mainly in ] (totally outside the present day Croatia).<br />
Micglia work was, of course, fundamental in the process of development and standardization of Croatian modern language, such us other Serbocroatian languages.


==Works== ==Works==

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Mikalja's dictionary

Giacomo Micaglia (Croatian: Jacopo Mikalia, Jacov Mikaglja, Jakov Mikalja, Latin: Jacobi Micalia) (March 31, 1601 - December 1, 1654) was an Italian linguist and lexicographer from Kingdom of Naples. He was the author of an early dictionary of Illyric (until XIX century, referred to the Serbocroatian vernaculars).
His work is integral part of development and standardization of Croatian modern language.

Life

Micaglia was born in Peschici on the peninsula of Gargano in the Napoli ruled Apulia, one of the Slavic settlement growth in that time in South Italy. He said about himself to be an Italian of Slavic language . After completing the studies in philosophy in 1628, he became a Jesuit. Because of his knowledge of the Slavic language, Micaglia was sent in Republic of Ragusa by the Society of Jesus. It was the time of the Counter-Reformation and the Catholic Church wished to restore its power also in the Balkans. For four years (1630-1633) Micaglia taught grammar at the Jesuit College in Ragusa (today Dubrovnik in Croatia). There he wrote "Latin grammar for Illyric students" after Emanuel Alvares (De institutione grammatica pro Illyricis accommodata, 1637).
Few years later, in 1636, Micaglia sent a letter to the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, proposing a reform of the Latin alphabet for the needs of the Illyric language. He discussed the same issue in the chapter "On Slavic Orthography" of his Illyric work God-Loving Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer Taken from the Books of St Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor (Bratislava, 1642).
From 1637 to 1645 he was a missionary among the Catholics in Timişoara in the Banat (present day Romania). He came back to to Italy, where he was the Illyric confessor in Loreto, from 1645 till his death.

Dictionary

Micaglia's greatest work is Thesaurus of Illyric Language and Illyric Dictionary (where Illyric words are translated in Italian and Latin). It was first printed in Loreto in 1649, but a better printing press was needed, so it was completed in Ancona in 1651. The dictionary was a project of the Jesuits, as instrument to fight the Protestant Reformation in the Balkans. It was the first Illyric dictionary, with Illyric as the starting language.

The introduction to the dictionary has a Latin dedication, a note to the reader in Italian (Al benigno lettore), a presentation of the alphabet and orthography in Latin and Illyric (Od ortographie jezika slovinskoga ili načina od pisanja), and an Italian grammar in Illyric (Grammatika Talianska). Micaglia explains in the foreword that he chosen the "Bosnian" (today recognized to be the Shtokavian dialect) because "everyone says that the Bosnian language is the most beautiful one" (Ogn'un dice che la lingua Bosnese sia la piu bella). The dictionary, intended primarily to teach students and young Jesuits, has around 25,000 words, mostly in the Ijekavian variant, with some Shtokavian and Chakavian Ikavian forms.

Controversy

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Today the Illyric Dictionary of Micaglia is often presented as a Croatian dictionary . Anyway, the therm Illyric was formerly used to describe all the South Slavic vernaculars (a definition that was still in use in the mid of 19th century) .
A modern scientific equivalent of Illyric could be the therm 'Central South Slavic diasystem (or, simply, 'Serbocroatian), a therm that is applied to the Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin and Bosnian ethnic groups, which, even today, share the same dialects (not to be confused with the repective standard languages).
It shall furhtemore pointed out that Micaglia has collected words of different South Slavic dialects, mainly in Bosnia (totally outside the present day Croatia).
Micglia work was, of course, fundamental in the process of development and standardization of Croatian modern language, such us other Serbocroatian languages.

Works

  • Bogoljubno razmiscgljanje od ocenascja Pokupgljeno iz kgniga Svetoga Tomme od Aquina Nauciteglja Anghjelskoga (God-Loving Thoughts on the Lord's Prayer Taken from the Books of St Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, Bratislava, 1642)
  • Thesaurus of Illyric Language and Illyric Dictionary (where Illyric words are translated in Italian and Latin) (Ancona, 1651)-

References

  1. http://www.bookmaps.de/lib/ruc/g/r/gra_55.html
  2. http://www.bookmaps.de/lib/ruc/b/l/bla_21.html
  3. ^ Sir John Gardner Wilkinson; Dalmatia and Montenegro:...; London, 1848; vol. 1, pp.30-31

    The Illyrian, subdivided into the following dialects:

    a. Servian, composed of the subdialects of Servia proper, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Dalmatia,...

    b. Croatian: ...
    c. Carinthian:...

    <
  4. Map of the Serbocroatian dialects
  5. http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=hbs

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