Rok Kuntner (November 9, 1994) is an assistant in the Orthographic Section at the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. His primary research interests lie in the Classical Armenian and Old Church Slavonic translations of Ancient Greek texts. He is also actively engaged in the fields of historical linguistics and the history of linguistics. He contributes to ePravopis, a growing orthographic dictionary, and to Pravopis 8.0, the forthcoming Slovenian orthography, with a particular focus on the chapter addressing loanwords in the Slovenian language. He is also a contributor to the online version of the Latin-Slovenian Dictionary by Fran Wiesthaler on the multilingual portal Franja.

Research Areas

• Ancient Greek philology
• Classical Armenian philology
• Old Church Slavonic philology
• Translation studies
• History of the Slovenian language
• Historical linguistics
• History of linguistics

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

• 2025-: research assistant at the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, ZRC SAZU
• 2021: MA degree in Classical and Humanistic Studies (Greek Philology), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 2017: BA degree in Classical and Humanistic Studies (Greek Philology), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• 2013: matura exam, Gimnazija Poljane (classical gymnasium), Ljubljana

Employment, Leadership Positions and Competences 

Employments:

• 2025-: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants 

• 2025: guest lecture at Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria
• 2024-: Friar Stanislav Škrabec Foundation Grant
• 2022-2024: Gerda Henkel Foundation Grant
• 2021: Prešeren Prize for Students (for Master Thesis)
• 2021: Nahtigal Prize (for Master Thesis)