Naum Veqilharxhi

Naum Veqilharxhi
Veqilharxhi in a c. 1844 illustration
Born
Naum Panajot Bredhi

December 6, 1797
Vithkuq, Korçë, southern Albania, then Ottoman Empire
Died1846 (Aged 57)
Istanbul, Turkey, then Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
OccupationLawyer
LanguageAlbanian
Notable worksEvëtor
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Naum Veqilharxhi (born Naum Panajot Bredhi; 1797–1846) was an Albanian lawyer and scholar. In 1844, he published using a unique alphabet for the Albanian language with characters he had created himself, the Vithkuqi script. Veqilharxhi is one of the most prominent figures of the early Albanian National Awakening, and is considered by Albanians as its first ideologue.

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