The Institute for the Croatian Language (, IHJ), formerly known as the Institute for the Croatian Language and Linguistics until 2023, is a state-run linguistics institute in
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
whose purpose is to "preserve and foster" the
Croatian language
Croatian (; ) is the standard language, standardised Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats. It is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia, o ...
.
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 Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , HAZU) is the national academy of Croatia.
HAZU was founded under the patronage of the Croatian bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer under the name Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (, JAZU) since its ...
). The modern institute as an independent institution dates back to 1991.
The Institute publishes ''Rasprave'', a biannual journal.
Directors
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Antun Barac
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Stjepan Musulin (1948–1958)
* Mate Hraste (1958–1965)
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Ljudevit Jonke (1965–1973)
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Božidar Finka (1973–1977)
* Antun Šojat (1977–1982)
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Božidar Finka (1982–1987)
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Mijo Lončarić (1987–1996)
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Miro Kačić (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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Research institutes in Croatia
Linguistic research institutes
Croatian language
Language regulators
Language policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia