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The language used by Bogdani is an archaic form of Albanian and its use is regarded as one of the early literary forms of Albanian language. [ 3 ] Kryshten i shyityruory (English: The Sanctified Christian ) written by Anton Santori and published in 1855 in Naples contains parts of Cuneus Prophetarum .
Furthermore, the Christian vocabulary of Albanian is mainly Latin, which speaks against the construct of a "Bessian church language". [228] The elite of the Bessi tribe was gradually Hellenized. [229] [230] Low level of borrowings from Greek in the Albanian language is a further argument against the identification of Albanian with the Bessi. [231]
Albanology, also known as Albanian studies, is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the language, costume, literature, art, culture and history of Albanians. Within the studies the scientific methods of literature, linguistics, archeology, history and culture are used.
According to Armenian medieval historians Movses Khorenatsi, Movses Kaghankatvatsi and Koryun, the Caucasian Albanian (the Armenian name for the language is Aghvaneren, the native name of the language is unknown) alphabet was created by Mesrob Mashtots, [36] [37] [38] the Armenian monk, theologian and translator who is also credited with ...
Caucasian Albania (Middle Persian: Arān, Ardān, Armenian: Ałuank) was a kingdom in the Caucasus, which was under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire from 252 to 636. [3] [4] The name Albania is derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἀλβανία and Latin Albanía. [5]
In the past the Udi language was one of the widespread languages of Caucasian Albania, on the basis of which in the 5th century the Caucasian Albanian script [17] was created by the Armenian monk Mesrop Mashtots. [18] The alphabet had 52 letters. The language was widely used, as major Bible texts were translated into the Caucasian Albanian ...
"The politics of religious dualism: Naim Frashëri and his elective affinity to religion in the course of 19th-century Albanian activism." Social Compass: International Review of Sociology of Religion 60 (1): 115–133.
In classical antiquity Proto-Albanian was spoken in the central-western part of the Balkan Peninsula, to the north and west of the Ancient Greeks, as shown by early Doric Greek (West Greek) and Ancient Macedonian loanwords that were treated with characteristic Albanian features, by classical place names exclusively observing Albanian accent and ...