 The first printed Macedonian grammar was published by Gjorgjija Pulevski in 1880.The Macedonian orthography (правопис, "pravopis") encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the Macedonian language.The modern Macedonian alphabet was developed by linguists in the period after the Second World War, who based their alphabet on the phonetic alphabet of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, though a similar writing system was used by Krste Misirkov in the late 19th century.