Namik Resuli (10 September 1908 - 12 September 1985) was an Albanian linguist and academic.

Biography

Born in

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in 1908, after having accomplished elementary studies in Albania he went to

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, where he finished his secondary studies and then graduated in glottology in the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

. His doctorate thesis "Mbi shtresëzimet në gjuhën shqipe" was written under the guide of Professor

Matteo Bartoli Matteo Giulio Bartoli (22 November 1873 in Labin/Albona – 23 January 1946 in Turin) was an Italian linguist from Istria (then a part of Austria-Hungary, today part of modern Croatia). He obtained a doctorate at the University of Vienna, wher ...

. Resuli returned in Albania in the 1930s and taught Albanian language in Elbasan Normal School, now Aleksandër Xhuvani University, as well as in Shkodër, and

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. In 1939, he went to

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to become assistant professor of

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, working there for 10 years. During 1940–44 he worked in the Ministry of Education of Albania, for a period also Deputy Minister of Education, and as a member of the Royal Institute of the Albanian Studies. Together with

Ernest Koliqi Ernest Koliqi (20 May 190315 January 1975) was an Albanian journalist, politician, translator, teacher and writer. Biography Born in Shkodra, where he also attended his first lessons at the local Jesuit College. In 1918 his father send him ...

, he published a two-volume collection on

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, titled ''Shkrimtaret Shqiptare'' (Albanian writers), in 1941. During 1948-1957 he was a member of the International Center of Albanian Studies in Palermo, and in 1955 he became professor of Albanian language in the

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until 1971. In 1954 he published in Turin the magazine ''Shpirti Shqiptar'' (Albanian Soul). He died on 12 September 1985 in

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Works

His study on the ''Missal'' (

Meshari ''Meshari'' ( Albanian for "Missal") is the oldest published book in Albanian. The book was written by Gjon Buzuku, a Catholic cleric in 1555. The book contains 188 pages and is written in two columns. ''Meshari'' is the translation of the main ...

) of

Gjon Buzuku Gjon Buzuku (15 March 1499 – 9 October 1577) was an Albanian Catholic priest who wrote the first known printed book in Albanian. Gjon Buzuku according to the elders wrote the Missal in the village of Brisk Posht in the Shestan - Krajë region, ...

(Città del Vaticano, 1958) is the first of its genre in the history of

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, whereas his work ''Grammatica della lingua albanese'' (Bologna, 1985) is considered an important approach in teaching the Albanian language to foreigner speakers.Kaloçi D., ''Resuli e Cungu, dy kolosët e harruar të letrave shqipe'', Shqip. - Nr. 163, 15 qershor, 2008, f. 18 - 19.Demiraj B., ''‘Meshari’ në kohën e leximit'', Mapo. - 3/04/2013.
He was of the opinion that the standard Albanian language would naturally lean toward the dialects of

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Burime

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