Marcel Courthiade (2 August 1953 – 4 March 2021) was a French linguist and researcher.[1]
Marcel Courthiade | |
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 Courthiade in 2008 | |
| Born | 2 August 1953 |
| Died | 4 March 2021 (aged 67) Tirana, Albania |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist Researcher |
Biography
editCourthiade studied medicine at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, which he abandoned to study Slavic languages, particularly Serbo-Croatian and Polish. He then studied at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) in Paris, where he earned a diploma in Polish, Macedonian, and Albanian. He titled his doctoral thesis Phonologie des variétés dialectales de Rromani et diasystèmes graphiques de la langue Romani, a degree he earned from the École pratique des hautes études.
During his studies, Courthiade worked for several NGOs regarding education for Romani people 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 Délégué interministériel à la lutte contre le racisme, l'antisémitisme et la haine anti-LGBT.[2]
Marcel Courthiade died in Tirana on 4 March 2021 at the age of 67.[3]
Publications
edit- 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 [dia]lektenqiri (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 romani (1995)
- Structure dialectale de la langue rromani (1998)
- Les Rroms, Ashkalis et Gorans de Dardanie (Kosovo) (2000)[4]
- 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
edit- ^ "Roms des Balkans : hommage à Marcel Courthiade". Le Courrier des Balkans (in French). 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Installation du nouveau Conseil scientifique de la DILCRAH". Gouvernement (in French). 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Marcel Courthiade, linguist who dedicated himself to the emancipation of Roma and their language, has passed away". Romea.cz. 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Les Rroms, Ashkalis et Gorans de Dardanie'/Kosovo" (PDF). INALCO (in French).