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Publication of Srpski rječnik

When: 1818
Where: Vienna
Part of: Vuk Karadžić publishes the first Serbian dictionary

The first edition of the dictionary was published in Vienna in 1818, containing 26,270 vernacular words.

Although completed in 1816, publication was delayed by resource shortages and the need for Austrian printing permissions. The dictionary paralleled Serbian words with German and Latin equivalents, establishing the vernacular as the literary basis.

Sources

Srpski rječnik Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-07
Vienna Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-08

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