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Panayotis Koupitoris
Panayotis Koupitoris ( el, Παναγιώτης Κουπιτώρης, Arvanitika: ''Panajot Kupitori'', 1821-1881) was a writer from the island of Hydra. Biography Koupitoris originated from the local Arvanite population of Hydra. He studied literature at the University of Athens and was later principal of several secondary schools. He also organized a night school that taught in Arvanitika. In 1879 Koupitoris purchased a printing press and, along with Anastas Kullurioti, started the publication of the newspaper ''The Voice of Albania'' ( sq, Zëri i Shqipërisë), Koupitoris is the author of the Greek-language ''Meletai peri tis glossis kai tou ethnous Alvanias'' ("Studies on the Albanian language and people"), published in Athens in 1879. He is also said to have published a primer of Albanian in 1879, and wrote an etymological Albanian dictionary, as yet unpublished. His work and views Panayotis Koupitoris was a lifelong researcher of the Albanian language and nation. In his boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvanitika
Arvanitika (; Arvanitika: , ; Greek: , ), also known as Arvanitic, is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece. Arvanitika is today endangered, as its speakers have been shifting to the use of Greek and most younger members of the community no longer speak it. Name The name ''Arvanítika'' and its native equivalent Arbërisht are derived from the ethnonym ''Arvanites'', which in turn comes from the toponym Arbëna (Greek: Άρβανα), which in the Middle Ages referred to a region in what is today Albania. Its native equivalents (''Arbërorë, Arbëreshë'' and others) used to be the self-designation of Albanians in general. In the past Arvanitika had sometimes been described as "Graeco-Albanian" and the like (e.g., Furikis, 1934); although today many Arvanites consider such names offensive, they generally identify nationally and ethnically as Greeks and not Albanians. Classification Arvanitika was brought to southern Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
