Marcel Courthiade (2 August 1953 – 4 March 2021) was a French linguist and researcher.
Biography
Courthiade studied medicine at the
University of Clermont-Ferrand
The University of Clermont-Ferrand was officially founded in 1896, by merging of two existing faculties (Literature and Sciences) and a medical school.
In 1976, due to political issues, the University split between University Clermont-Ferrand I - ...
, which he abandoned to study
Slavic languages
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, particularly
Serbo-Croatian
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and
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
. He then studied at the
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales ( en, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations), abbreviated as INALCO, is a French university specializing in the teaching of languages and cultures from the world. ...
(INALCO) in Paris, where he earned a diploma in Polish,
Macedonian, and
Albanian
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*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
. He titled his doctoral thesis ''Phonologie des variétés dialectales de Rromani et diasystèmes graphiques de la langue Rromani'', a degree he earned from the
École pratique des hautes études
The École pratique des hautes études (), abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is highly selective, and counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions. It is a constituent college o ...
.
During his studies, Courthiade worked for several NGOs regarding education for
Romani people
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...
in Albania. Subsequently, he worked as a political analyst and interpreter at the French Embassy in Albania for four years. In 1997, he became a lecturer at INALCO. In 2008, he was a key participant of
Louis Mochet's film ''Rromani Soul''. In 2019, he became a member of the scientific council .
Marcel Courthiade died in
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...
on 4 March 2021 at the age of 67.
Publications
*''Romani fonetika thaj Lekhipa'' (1986)
*''Xàca dùme, but godi'' (1980s)
*''Gramatika e gjuhës Rrome'' (1989)
*''Stuart Manns Wörterbuch des albanischen Romanes'' (1990)
*''In the margin of Romani. Gypsy languages in contact'' (1991)
*''Dialektologikano pućhipnasqo lil vaś-i klasifikàcia e rromane ćhibǎqe
iaektenqiri'' (1992)
*''Śirpustik. amare ćhibǎqiri'' (1992)
*''Lil e Efesianěnqe. Epistoli pros Efesioys'' (1993)
*''Terre d'asile, terre d'exil. l'Europe tsigane'' (1993)
*''De l'usage de l'abécédaire « Śirpustik amare ćhibǎqiri »'' (1994)
*''Langues de Diaspora'' (1994)
*''Phonologie des parlers rrom et diasysteme graphique de la langue rromani'' (1995)
*''Structure dialectale de la langue rromani'' (1998)
*''Les Rroms, Ashkalis et Gorans de Dardanie (Kosovo)'' (2000)
*''Les Tziganes ou le destin sauvage des Roms de l'Est'' (2002)
*''Appendix Two. Kannauʒ on the Ganges, cradle of the Rromani people'' (2004)
*''Les Rroms dans les belles lettres européennes'' (2004)
*''La Langue rromani, d'un millénaire à l'autre, Études Tsiganes'' (2005)
*''Sagesse et humour du peuple rrom'' (2007)
*''L'origine des Rroms. Cheminement d'une (re)découverte : Kannauj « berceau » du peuple rrom»'' (2007)
*''La littérature des Rroms, Sintés et Kalés''
References
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1953 births
2021 deaths
French Romani people
University of Clermont-Ferrand alumni
People from Montceau-les-Mines
Romani activists