Vojislav Nikčević

Vojislav Nikčević (Serbian: Војислав Никчевић; 18 January 1935 – 2 July 2007[1]) was a Montenegrin linguist.

Life

He was born in Stubici, Nikšić, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was educated at the University of Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. He was a professor at the Philological Faculty of Nikšić, University of Montenegro.

He was best known for his work on promoting the Montenegrin language as a separate language from Serbian. He was a prominent member of the Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts and was director of the Institute for Montenegrin Language and Philology.[2]

After his death on July 2, 2007 in Belgrade he was buried in Cetinje.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "unknown title". Vijesti. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
  2. ↑ What kind of Montenegrin language?
  3. ↑ RADIO TELEVIZIJA CRNE GORE... Nacionalni javni servis Crne Gore


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, February 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.