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Naum Veqilharxhi

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Albanian inventor of writing system (1797-1846)

TurkeyWritersLived 1797 to 1846 · aged 49
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Naum Veqilharxhi was an Albanian lawyer and scholar. In 1844, he published using a unique alphabet for the Albanian language with characters he had created himself, the Vithkuqi script.

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Naum Veqilharxhi was an Albanian lawyer and scholar. In 1844, he published using a unique alphabet for the Albanian language with characters he had created himself, the Vithkuqi script. Veqilharxhi is one of the most prominent figures of the early Albanian National Awakening, and is considered by Albanians as its first ideologue.

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Turkey
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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1797 to 1846 · aged 49
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15 languages

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