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A reprint of Trubar’s Catechism from 1935.
Technical Museum of Slovenia.
Listen to Trubar’s old slovenian language.
BELOVED SLOVENIANS ...
In 1550 Trubar wrote and published the first
printed book in the Slovenian language, the Ca- his time, Slovenian only existed in the form of
lue of Protestantism: to make the word of God By creating a single language, he unified the
techism. He was guided by the fundamental va-
accessible to the common people in the verna-
cular. With Catechism he built the foundations
of a literary language designed to be understo-
od by the speakers of all Slovenian dialects. In
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geographically and socially dispersed dialects.
Slovenian nation and highlighted its unique-
ness to the outside world. To this day, his actions
remain a pillar of the Slovenian national identi-
ty and statehood.