Vojislav Nikčević

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

Vojislav Nikčević
Born(1935-01-18)18 January 1935
Stubica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died2 July 2007(2007-07-02) (aged 72)
Belgrade, Serbia
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Occupationacademic
Known forInstitute for Montenegrin Language and Philology

Life

Nikčević was born in Stubica village near Nikšić, 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". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
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