Demetrio Camarda
Arbëreshë linguist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demetrio Camarda (Arbërisht: Dhimitër Kamarda; 22 October 1821, in Piana degli Albanesi – 13 March 1882, in Livorno) was an Arbëreshë linguist, patriot of the Arbëreshë, and publisher of Albanian folklore, with scientific knowledge also in the field of Indo-European linguistics.[1]
Demetrio Camarda | |
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Dhimitër Kamarda | |
Born | (1821-10-22)22 October 1821 |
Died | 13 March 1882(1882-03-13) (aged 60) Livorno, Italy |
Camarda, along with Girolamo De Rada were the main two initiators of the Italo-Albanian (Arbëreshë) cultural movement in Italy during the second half of the 19th century.[2] He was the follower of the literary work already performed by Jeronim De Rada.[3] His main work, Test of Comparative Grammar on Albanian Language is the first scientific work of comparative historic study on the topic.[4][2] He made an important contribution with the publication of The Albanian general alphabet in 1869.