The Institute for the Croatian Language ( hr, Institut za hrvatski jezik, IHJ), formerly known as the Institute for the Croatian Language and Linguistics until 2023, is a state-run linguistics institute in Croatia whose purpose is to "preserve and foster" the

Croatian language Croatian (; ' ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language used by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina, and other neighboring countries. It is the official ...

. It traces its history back to 1948, when it was part of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (today's Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts). The modern institute as an independent institution dates back to 1991. The Institute publishes ''Rasprave'', a biannual journal.

Directors

Antun Barac Antun Barac ( Kamenjak, 20 August 1894 – Zagreb, 1 November 1955), was a Croatian historian. Biography Barac graduated at the Faculty of philosophy at the University of Zagreb in 1917, and received his Ph.D. as a high school professor on ...

Stjepan Musulin Stjepan Musulin (1885 in Sremska Mitrovica – 1969) was a Croatian linguist, comparative Slavicist, philologist, lexicographer and translator. Life Musulin translated from the Polish and Czech languages. He is recognized as one of the gre ...

(1948–1958) * Mate Hraste (1958–1965) *

Ljudevit Jonke Ljudevit Jonke (29 July 1907 – 15 March 1979) was a Croatian linguist. Life and work Jonke was born in Karlovac, where he completed primary school and Gymnasium Karlovac. He graduated at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagre ...

(1965–1973) *

Božidar Finka Božidar Finka (19 December 1925 – 17 May 1999) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Life and education Božidar Finka was born in Sali on 19 December 1925. In 1947 he finished high sch ...

(1973–1977) * Antun Šojat (1977–1982) *

(1982–1987) *

Mijo Lončarić Mijo Lončarić (born 1 September 1941) is a Croatian linguist. He was born in Reka, Croatia. He received a degree in Yugoslav languages and literature and German at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb in 1966, an ...

(1987–1996) *

Miro Kačić Miro Kačić (7 July 1946 – 6 February 2001) was a Croatian linguist. After finishing primary school in Pučišća and gymnasium (school), high school in Zagreb, he enrolled in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, F ...

(1996–2001) * Marko Samardžija (2001–2002) * Dunja Brozović-Rončević (2003–2011) * Željko Jozić (2012–present)

Departments

As of 2024, the Institute consists of 5 departments: * Department of the history of Croatian language * Department of general linguistics * Department of standard Croatian language * Department of dialectology * Department of onomastics and etymology

References

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