Naum Veqilharxhi

Naum Veqilharxhi
Naum Veqilharxhi
	Veqilharxhi in a c. 1844 illustration
Born	Naum Panajot Bredhi; December 6, 1797; Vithkuq, Korçë, southern Albania, then Ottoman Empire
Died	1846 (Aged 57); Istanbul, Turkey, then Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Occupation	Lawyer
Language	Albanian
Notable works	Evëtor
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Naum Veqilharxhi (born Naum Panajot Bredhi; 1797–1846)^[1]^[2] 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.^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b Islami, Selim (1984). "4". Historia e Shqiperise (in Albanian). Vol. 2. Academy of Sciences of Albania. p. 134.
^ ^a ^b Gawrych, George (2006). The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913. London: IB Tauris. p. 20. ISBN 9781845112875.
^ Elsie, Robert (2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B. Taurus. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.
^ Enis Sulstarova, Naum Veqilharxhi dhe lindja e kombit [Naum Veqilharxhi and the birth of the nation] (in Albanian), Pashtriku, retrieved 2014-12-01, Naum Veqilharxhi is considered the avant-garde and first ideologue of the National Awakening, because his work results in one of the first attempts for an original Albanian alphabet (1844 and 1845), as well as contains an embryo form of the ideas which would develop later on during the National Renaissance. [Naum Veqilharxhi është konsideruar si pararendësi dhe ideologu i parë i Rilindjes Kombëtare Shqiptare, sepse vepra e tij përbën një nga përpjekjet e para për një alfabet origjinal të shqipes (1844 dhe 1845), si edhe përmban në trajtë embrionale idetë që do të zhvilloheshin më vonë gjatë periudhës së Rilindjes.]
^ Fedhon Meksi (2011-10-21), Naum Veqilharxhi, babai i alfabetit dhe abetares shqipe. [Naum Veqilharxhi, the father of Albanian alphabet and ABC-book] (in Albanian), archived from the original on 2014-12-02, retrieved 2014-12-01

[Islami134-1] Islami, Selim (1984). "4". Historia e Shqiperise (in Albanian). Vol. 2. Academy of Sciences of Albania. p. 134.

[Gawrych20-2] Gawrych, George (2006). The Crescent and the Eagle: Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874–1913. London: IB Tauris. p. 20. ISBN 9781845112875.

[3] Elsie, Robert (2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B. Taurus. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.

[4] Enis Sulstarova, Naum Veqilharxhi dhe lindja e kombit [Naum Veqilharxhi and the birth of the nation] (in Albanian), Pashtriku, retrieved 2014-12-01, Naum Veqilharxhi is considered the avant-garde and first ideologue of the National Awakening, because his work results in one of the first attempts for an original Albanian alphabet (1844 and 1845), as well as contains an embryo form of the ideas which would develop later on during the National Renaissance. [Naum Veqilharxhi është konsideruar si pararendësi dhe ideologu i parë i Rilindjes Kombëtare Shqiptare, sepse vepra e tij përbën një nga përpjekjet e para për një alfabet origjinal të shqipes (1844 dhe 1845), si edhe përmban në trajtë embrionale idetë që do të zhvilloheshin më vonë gjatë periudhës së Rilindjes.]

[5] Fedhon Meksi (2011-10-21), Naum Veqilharxhi, babai i alfabetit dhe abetares shqipe. [Naum Veqilharxhi, the father of Albanian alphabet and ABC-book] (in Albanian), archived from the original on 2014-12-02, retrieved 2014-12-01

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Naum Veqilharxhi
Veqilharxhi in a c. 1844 illustration
Born	Naum Panajot Bredhi December 6, 1797 Vithkuq, Korçë, southern Albania, then Ottoman Empire
Died	1846^[1]^[2] (Aged 57) Istanbul, Turkey, then Constantinople, Ottoman Empire^[3]
Occupation	Lawyer
Language	Albanian
Notable works	Evëtor
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