Vellara alphabet

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Correspondence of Ioannis Vilaras, in Albanian, with original alphabet. Signed by Vilaras, Vokopolje, Berat, 1801[1]

Vellara script or Vellara alphabet is one of the original

Greek doctor, lyricist and writer Ioannis Vilaras (Jan Vellarai in Albanian),[2] the author of a manuscript where this alphabet is documented for the first and so far the only time.[3][4]

Ioannis Vilaras

Vilaras studied medicine in Padua in 1789 and later lived in Venice. In 1801, he became a physician to Veli, son of

Ali Pasha Tepelena (1741–1822).[5] Vilaras is remembered today primarily as a modern Greek poet, non-native Albanian speaker but fluent, according to François Pouqueville, who also describes him as bright. Vilaras spent time in southern Albania.[3][6]

The manuscript

Vellara alphabet letters with corresponding values from Albanian Latin alphabet.

The manuscript of the work was donated to the

Janina during the reign of Ali Pasha. Pouqueville was aware of the value of the work, noting: "Je possède un manuscrit, une grammaire grecque vulgaire et schype qui pourrait être utile aux philologues" (I possess a manuscript, a vulgar Greek and Albanian grammar which could be of use to philologists), but chose not to publish it in his travel narratives. Pages 137-226 contain the material in Albanian.[6]

Pages 137-138 contain a list of

Ibrahim of Berat
.

The alphabet

The alphabet comprises 30 letters. It leans towards the

nj" is represented by a Cyrillic letter.[6]

History

Vilara's letter signed by him as "30 Oktomvrit 1801 Vagopolja, mik tëndë Jatroi Vellara" (October 30, 1801, Vokopolja, your friend Doctor Vellara), shows that the alphabet was known and used by other people at that time.

During the

Albanian National Renaissance, the script was made known to the Albanian circles, first published in 1898 by the Albania magazine in Brussels.[6][2]

References

  1. ^ Petriti, Stelina (2019). "История на албанската азбука и правопис" [History of the Albanian alphabet and spelling]. Национални филологически четения за студенти и докторанти "Благоевград 2019': 215–226 – via Central and Eastern European Online Library.
  2. ^
    Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH
    , Instituti i Gjuhesise dhe i Letersise. 1964. p. 198. Në lidhje me këtë, E. Legrandi i shkruen revistës, se Dr. Vellara, asht njeri i njoftun dhe nuk asht shqiptar. Emni i tij i vërtetë asht Joannis Vellara...
  3. ^
    ISSN 0081-9077
    .
  4. ISSN 0307-0131
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-313-30813-0
    .
  6. ^
    OCLC 252881121

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