hɪz wˈɜːks ænd hɪz stˈaɪl hɐvbɪn wˈaɪdli ænd kəntˈɪnjuːəli ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃt æz pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə bˈɑːsniən ænd hˌɜːzɪɡəvˈɪniən, kɹoʊˈeɪʃən, mˈɔntənˌɛɡɹɪn ænd sˈɜːbiən ɹˈɪʔn̩ hˈɛɹɪɾɪdʒ, æz ðɪ ˌɛsˈeɪtʃtəkˈeɪviəniːkˈeɪviən dˈaɪəlɛkt ʌv hɪz nˈeɪɾɪv lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli bɪkˌeɪm ðə bˈeɪsɪs ʌvðə lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz dɪvˈɛləpt ɪn ˈɔːl ðiːz kˈʌntɹiz ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi.
His works and his style have been widely and continually researched as part of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian written heritage, as the Shtokavian-Iekavian dialect of his native language eventually became the basis of the literary languages developed in all these countries in the 19th century.