Micurà de Rü, born Nikolaus Bacher (San Cassiano,
Badia, December 4, 1789 –
Wilten
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, March 29, 1847), was an
Austrian
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Ladin-speaking
Catholic
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presbyter
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and
linguist
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best known for his writings on the Ladin language.
Biography
He was born as Nikolaus Bacher in vila Rü in San Ćiascian, now part of
Badia,
South Tyrol
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.
Coming from a
Ladin family, the last of four children, he studied theology and was ordinated as a priest in
Salzburg
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on August 28, 1814. He was a military chaplain and teacher in the
Scuola Militare in Milan. He was also a lecturer of
Italian
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in the
University of Innsbruck
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.
Strongly connected to his origins, he wrote, in 1833, the first grammar book of the Ladin language, ''Versuch einer deütsch-ladinischen Sprachlehre'' ("An attempt at compiling a German-Ladin Grammar"), written with an intention to unify the different dialects of the
Valleys of South Tyrol
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. He signed his name as "Micurà de Rü", "Micurà" being the Ladin pronunciation of Nikolaus or Nicolò, and Rü being his birthplace.
The
Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü
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Foundation and name
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, the institute founded in 1976 in
San Martin de Tor
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Geography
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for the study, cultivation, and promotion of the Ladin language, history and culture is named after him.
Further reading
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References
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Ladin language
Language reformers
Romance philologists
1789 births
1847 deaths
People from Badia, South Tyrol