Albanian Alphabets: Borrowed and Invented: Volume 35 (Albanian Studies) - Softcover

Elsie, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1544294093 ISBN 13: 9781544294094

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

The hundred years between 1750 and 1850 were an age of astounding orthographic diversity in Albania. In this period, the Albanian language was put to writing in at least ten different alphabets – most certainly a record for European languages. This book introduces the diverse forms in which this old Balkan language was recorded, from the earliest documents to the beginning of the twentieth century. They consist of adaptations of the Latin, Greek, Arabic and Cyrillic alphabets and, what is even more interesting, a number of locally invented writing systems. Most of the latter alphabets have now been forgotten and are unknown, even to the Albanians themselves.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1544294093
• ISBN 13: 9781544294094
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 118