Konstandin Kristoforidhi

Japanese: クリストフォリジ(英語表記)Konstandin Kristoforidhi
Konstandin Kristoforidhi
1830‐95
Albanian literary figure and politician. His real name was Nelko. He played an active role in the national independence movement against the Ottoman Turks, and worked to unify the native language and establish a literary language. He studied in England for about three years from 1856, and then engaged in enlightenment activities among Albanian exiles in various places. In 1879, he translated the entire New Testament into Albanian and also translated parts of the Old Testament. His works include the Albanian Dictionary (1904), which contains about 12,000 words, and a Grammar in the Tuscan dialect (1882).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1830‐95
アルバニアの文学者,政治家。本名ネルコNelko。オスマン・トルコに対する民族独立運動で活躍し,母国語の統一と文語確立のために努力した。1856年から約3年間イギリスに留学し,その後各地のアルバニア人亡命者の間で啓蒙活動に従事し,79年に新約聖書をアルバニア語に全訳し,旧約聖書も一部訳した。約1万2000語を収めた《アルバニア語辞典》(1904),トスク方言による《文法》(1882)その他の著作がある。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Christophorus - Christophorus (English spelling)

>>:  Cristobalite

Recommend

Aesculus carnea (English spelling) Aesculuscarnea

…[Hiroshi Aramata]. … *Some of the terminology th...

Amur [river] - Amur

In Chinese, it is called Heilongjiang or Heihe. Mo...

Persimmon tannins - Kakishibu

〘Noun〙 Juice squeezed from astringent persimmons. ...

Osmanthus insularis (English spelling) Osmanthusinsularis

…[Yoshiharu Iijima]. … *Some of the terminology t...

Cabin Supercharger

...Also, if the rate of change of the cabin press...

Septaria (English spelling)

A type of pseudofossil. When limestone fine-grain...

Bodoni, CG (English name) BodoniCG

…Meanwhile, in Florence, Italy, the center of the...

Ulaan Had (English spelling)

…Its name comes from the reddish-brown mountain o...

Selvedge - Selvedge

A general term for annelids belonging to the famil...

Wilms tumor

...The more mature type is ganglioma, which is a ...

Alcoa (star) - Alcoa

...When there are two stars, it is called a doubl...

The Book of Esther

...the female protagonist of the historical novel...

Suzuki Kantaro

Naval officer and politician. Born on December 24...

Wādī (English spelling) wadi

Wadi is a term used in Arabic to refer to a river...