Beitha Kukju

Beitha Kukju   
Beitha Kukju

The Beitha Kukju or Buthakukye alphabet was created between 1825 and
1845 by Naum Veqilharxhi (1797-1854) a lawyer and scholar from Vithkuq,
a village in the Korçë region in southern Albania. The name
of the alphabet is a corruption of the name Vithkuq. This alphabet was
part of Veqilharxhi’s promotion of the Albanian National Awakening movement,
and he saw it as a way to avoid the religious associations and divisions
of the Latin, Greek and Arabic alphabets.

Details of this alphabet first appeared in Evëtori Shqip Fort i Shkurtër
(The most Useful and Concise Albanian Alphabet), a primer published by
Veqilharxhi in 1844-5. This was distributed in the Korçë
region, later in Berat, and proved popular. Veqilharxhi also produced
a number of other books in his alphabet, but few survive.

Notable features

  • Type of writing system: alphabet
  • Direction of writing: left to right
  • Used to write: Albanian

Beitha Kukju alphabet

Beitha Kukju script

Links

Information about the Beitha Kukju alphabet
http://www.rbardalzo.narod.ru/4/alb.html

Information about Naum Veqilharxhi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naum_Veqilharxhi

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