ðɪs ɹᵻspˈɛktəbəl sˈɪɾɪzən ʌv duːbɹˈɑːvnɪk, ðɪ ˈʌŋkəl ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪɾɪst kɹoʊˈeɪʃən plˈeɪɹaɪt mɚɹˈɪn dˌiːˈɑːɹʒˈɪk, ðə ɹˈɛktɚɹ ʌvðə tʃˈɜːtʃ ʌv ˈɔːl sˈeɪnts, ðə tʃˈænsɛlɚɹ ʌvðə duːbɹˈɑːvnɪk tʃˈæptɚ, ɐ kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi ʌvðə pˈoʊɪt mˈɑːɹkoʊ mɑːɹɹˈuːlɪk, kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ɐ poʊˈɛɾɪk ˈoʊpəs ðæt bɪkˌeɪm ɐ pɹˈaɪməl ɛkspɹˈɛʃən ʌvðə lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪk fˈɔːɹm ðæt wʊd bɪkˌʌm ðɪ əfˈɪʃəl kɹoʊˈeɪʃən lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ.
This respectable citizen of Dubrovnik, the uncle of the greatest Croatian playwright Marin Držić, the rector of the Church of All Saints, the chancellor of the Dubrovnik chapter, a contemporary of the poet Marko Marulić, created a poetic opus that became a primal expression of the linguistic form that would become the official Croatian language.