The roots of the language spoken in today’s Slovakia were laid by scholars during the Enlightenment, around the late 18th and early 19th centuries. While in the case of the Catholic priest Anton Bernolák, the literary language was close to Czech in the western part of present-day Slovakia, in the east it was more similar to Polish or Ukrainian.
Why did Ľudovít Štúr choose to codify the Slovak language based on the dialects of Central Slovakia? How did a young man from a small Slovak village become a member of the Hungarian Parliament? And was he more concerned about his appearance because of his female or male students?
You’ll discover the answers to these questions and more in this special, marking the 210th anniversary of a figure without whom Slovakia might not exist. Explaining the significance of Ľudovít Štúr’s life and work to international audiences is Martina Greňová Šimkovičová.
Ľudovít Štúr for beginners
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