Camaldolese Slovak (''Kamaldulská slovenčina'') is a variant of cultural Slovak language (its Western variant) and can be called first attempt at creating standardized Slovak language. It is named after order of

Camaldolese The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona ( la, Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae), commonly called Camaldolese is a monastic order of Pontifical Right for men founded by Saint Romuald. Their name is derived from the Holy Hermita ...

, which are credited as creators of at least two known books in this language: * ''Písma Swaté Biblie Slowenské aneb Písma Swatého částka I-II'' (so called

Camaldolese Bible Camaldolese Bible ( sk, Kamaldulská Biblia) is the first known complete translation of Bible into Slovak language. The Bible was translated from Vulgate by Camaldolese monks at Červený Kláštor monastery. The completed translation had been rewri ...

; before 1756, found in edition from between year 1756-1759) - first known translation of whole Bible to Slovak language, stored in archbishops archives in Trnava. * ''Syllabus dictionarij latino-slavonicus...'' (Hadbavý dictionary or

Camaldolese Dictionary The Camaldolese Dictionary ( sk, Kamaldulský slovník) is a Latin- Slovak dictionary from 1763. Overview The book consists of two parts: the dictionary and brief orthographic and grammatical rules. The author(s) used a variant of a cultural Weste ...

; 1763) - Latin-Slovak dictionary, 948 pages, stored in University library in Budapest. In older literature, the authorship of both of these works are credited to Romauld Hadbavý, who was at the time abbot of the kamaldul order, or the monks from Červený kláštor. This is not considered certain however, as the type of language used in these works seems more akin to that of the kamaldul monks from Zobor monastery in Nitra (which lies in western Slovakia, as opposed to the eastern part). It is expected, that much more works and translations has been made by the monks.

References

{{reflist Slovak language History of Slovakia Languages attested from the 18th century 1756 introductions 1756 in Christianity 1756 in the Holy Roman Empire 1756 in literature 18th century in Slovakia Camaldolese Order