Peter Dajnko (23 April 1787 – 22 February 1873) was a Slovene priest, author, and linguist, known primarily as the inventor of the Dajnko alphabet (Slovene: dajnčica), an innovative proposal for the Slovene alphabet. Dajnko was also a proficient beekeeper and wrote the first book about beekeeping in Slovene, titled Čelarstvo (Beekeeping).[1]
In 1824 Dajnko wrote a book in German called Lehrbuch der windischen Sprache ("The Textbook of the Slovene Language"). There, he proposed adoption of a new alphabet for Slovene, which was to replace the traditional Bohorič alphabet, used since the late-16th century.[3] Dajnko wanted to improve the script because of its problems with writing of sibilants.[4] He used his alphabet in all his books published since 1824.[3] In 1825, Franc Serafin Metelko came up with a similar proposal, complicating the issue. The Dajnko alphabet, which was introduced to schools in 1831, was fiercely opposed by Anton Murko [sl] and Anton Martin Slomšek.[5] After 1834 it gradually came out of use with the adoption of a slightly modified version of Gaj's Latin alphabet as the new Slovene script, and in 1839 it was officially abolished.[4]
Works
Sazhetek vüzhenja 'Slaven'skega po nedelah (Beginning of the Slavic Teaching on Sundays), 1816
Evangeliomi na v'se nedéle ino 'svetke skos leto (Gospels for All Sundays and Holidays throughout the Year), 1817
Knishiza poboshnosti sa mlade ino dorashene kristjane (Little Book of Devotions for Young and Adult Christians), 1820
Svetega pisma sgodbe is starega ino novega sakona (Stories from the Old and New Testament of the Holy Bible), 1821
Lehrbuch der Windischen Sprache (Slovene Textbook), 1824
Kmet Izidor s svojimi otroki ino lydmi (Isidore the Peasant, His Children and People), 1824
Sto cirkvenih ino drügih poboxnih pesmi med katolȣkimi kristjani slovenskega naroda na Ȣtajerskem (A Hundred Church and Other Devotional Hymns of the Catholic Christians of the Slovene Nation in Styria), 1826
Listi ino evaŋgelji (Epistles and Gospels), 1826
Svetega Pisma zgodbe iz Starega ino Novega Zakona (Stories from the Old and New Testament of the Holy Bible), 1826
Posvetne pesmi med slovenskim narodom na Ȣtajerskem (Secular Hymns of the Slovene Nation in Styria), 1827
Molitbe za katolȣke kerȣenike (Prayer for Catholic Christians), 1829
Opravilo svete meȣe (Ceremony of the Holy Mass), 1829
Sveti krixni pot (Stations of the Holy Cross), 1829
Boxja sluxba kerȣanske mladosti (Divine Service of the Christian Youth), 1830
Zhelarstvo (Beekeeping), 1831
Чelarstvo (Beekeeping), 1831
Knixica poboxnosti za mlade ino doraȣene kristjane (Small Book of Devotions for Young and Adult Christians), 1833
Abecedna knixica za dexelne ȣole (Primer for Provincial Schools), 1833
Abecedna knixica na hitro ino lehko podvuчenje (Primer for Fast and Easy Learning), 1833
Veliki katekizem (Greater Catechism), 1833
References
^"Dajnkov čebelarski priročnik" [The Beekeeping Handbook by Dajnko]. Kamra (in Slovenian). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^"Življenje in delo Petra Dajnka" [Life and Work of Peter Dajnko]. Kamra (in Slovenian). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ ab"Dajnkova slovnica" [The Grammar by Dajnko]. Kamra (in Slovenian). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ abPrilasnig, Fabian (2011). "Dajnčica". Die Entwicklung des slawischen Schrifttums [The Development of the Slavic Literatures] (in German). GRIN Verlag. p. 17. ISBN9783656051015.
^Mugerli, Anja. "Dajnčica". In Ahačič, Kozma (ed.). Slovenski črkopisi [Slovene Alphabets] (PDF) (in Slovenian). pp. 26–28.
External links
Media related to Peter Dajnko at Wikimedia Commons – contains books written by Peter Dajnko.
