The earliest extended piece of original secular literature written in Croatian to be printed is Marko Marulić ’s Classical Čakavian “Judita” of 1521.The earliest Croatian book printed in the Latin alphabet is the Classical Čakavian Lectionary of 1495, better known as “Bernardinov Lekcionar”.The earliest running text in Croatian written in the Latin alphabet is the Classical Čakavian Zadar “Red i zakon” of 1345.One can get some idea of the important place Classical Čakavian occupied for several centuries by looking at the impressive list of firsts to which it gave rise: It will be referred to here as “ Classical Čakavian” (NB - the Glagolitic and bosanica scripts were also used, beginning from the 12th century until the late 19th century, and are the earliest examples of Čakavian, predating the Latin Script “ Classical Čakavian” examples given below.). Among them, the practice of using the Latin alphabet for producing texts on a coastal or insular Čakavian basis is among the most colorful. Note: A Project was created by: Ivo Lušićīefore the modern (Neoštokavian-based) Croatian standard language was adopted, the Croatian linguistic area had known many different writing traditions. Liburnia - the cradle of Croatian ethnogenesis.Čakavski hrvatski književni jezik/Čakavian Croatian literary language.Čakavian - Croatian literary language Useful Links