Demetrio Camarda
Demetrio Camarda (Arbërisht: Dhimitër Kamarda; Piana degli Albanesi, 1821 – Livorno, 1882) was an Arbëreshë linguist, patriot of the Arbëreshë, and publisher of Albanian folklore, with scientific knowledge also in the field of Indo-European linguistics.
Camarda, along with Girolamo De Rada where the main two initiators of the Italo-Albanian (Arbëreshë) cultural movement in Italy during the second half of the 19th century.[1] He was the follower of the literary work already performed by Jeronim De Rada.[2] His main work, Test of Comparative Grammar on Albanian Language is the first scientific work of comparative historic study on the topic.[3][1] He made an important contribution with the publication of The Albanian general alphabet in 1869.
References
- 1 2 Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 116-117. ISBN 9781400847761.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and ..., by Hugh Chisholm, page 486, eleventh edition, New York 1911 ().
- ↑ Saggio di grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese, by Demetrio Camarda () and Appendice al saggio di grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese, by Demetrio Camarda ().