Horvaczko evangyelye (1732) as a model for the standard literary language of Burgenland Croatia

Nakon prvih tiskanih hrvatskih knjiga na tlu zapadne Ugarske u 17. stoljeću, Mekinićevih pjesmarica – Duševne pesne …, 1609. i 1611., u 18. je stoljeću prva hrvatska knjiga tiskana 1732. u Győru – Horvaczko evangyelye. Budući da se u sadržajnom i jezičnom pogledu tekst toga evangyelya naslanja na kajkavske Szvete evangeliume (Trnava 1694.), u ovom se radu pokazuje njihova međusobna ovisnost na leskičkom, verbalnom i sintaksnom te sadržajnom planu. Iz predočenoga se razabire da je prireditelj Horvaczkoga evavangyelya imao pred očima hrvatskoga slušatelja i čitatelja na spomenutom dijelu hrvatske dijaspore u 18. st. – a to je zapadna Ugarska. Tako se učvršćivala književnojezična norma, u kojoj je, ipak, ostalo obilje kajkavskih obilježja koja su i danas prisutna u gradišćanskohrvatskom jeziku. Takva se norma stvarala upravo u liturgijskim tekstovima (takvi su i evangeliumi, evanđelja). Tu bi činjenicu pri proučavanju hrvatskoga standardnoga jezika kroz stoljeća trebala uzeti u obziri hrvatska filologija, odnosno kroatistika.The first Croatian books to be printed in the western part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 17th century were the Mekinić hymnals Duševne pesne … in 1609 and 1611. These were followed in the 18th century by the first Croatian book printed in 1732 in Győr – the Horvaczko evangyelye. As the Evangyelye follows on from the Kajkavian Szveti evangeliumi (Trnava 1694) in terms of both content and language, this paper demonstrates the mutual dependence of the two works with regard to lexis, syntax and content. It is obvious that those who prepared the Horvaczko evangyelye had in mind the Croatian audience and readers in this particular area of the Croatian diaspora – the western part of the Kingdom of Hungary – in the 18th century. This served to reinforce the standard literary language, while at the same time a multitude of Kajkavian features were retained which are still present in the language Burgenland Croats use today. The creation of the standard language was brought about by liturgical texts such as Evangeliums. This should be considered by Croatian philologists, i.e. language and literature experts, when studying the history of the Croatian standard language