Mijo Lončarić (born 1 September 1941) is a

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n linguist. He was born in

Reka, Croatia Reka is a village in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_ ...

. He received a degree in Yugoslav languages and literature and German at the

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb ( Croatian: ''Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu'') is one of the faculties of the University of Zagreb. History The Faculty of Philosophy is the oldest fac ...

in 1966, and a PhD with a thesis on Bilogora Kajkavian speeches (published in 1986). He was the recipient of the Humboldt Foundation scholarship on two occasions. After lecturing at various foreign universities in 1973 he started working at the

Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics The Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics ( hr, Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje) is an official institute in Croatia whose purpose is to preserve and foster the Croatian language. It traces its history back to 1948, when it was ...

, serving as a Director in the period 1993-1995. Lončarić published numerous dialectological works, especially on

Kajkavian dialect Kajkavian (Kajkavian noun: ''kajkavščina''; Shtokavian adjective: ''kajkavski'' , noun: ''kajkavica'' or ''kajkavština'' ) is a South Slavic regiolect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia, Gorski Kotar and nort ...

(''Kaj jučer i danas'', 1991; ''Kajkavsko narječje'', 1996), and has conducted field research of hundreds of local dialects. He co-authored several grammars and dictionaries (''Hrvatska gramatika'', ''Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika'', ''Gradišćanskohrvatsko-hrvatsko-nimški rječnik'', ''Rječnik govora Gole''). He is the head of the ''Croatian linguistic atlas'' project.

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