Writing and Printing

Elifba alphabet

The Elifba alphabet (Elifba Albanian: ئەلیفبایا ئارابۋ-شكېپ, Albanian: Elifbaja, from Ottoman Turkish: الفبا, romanized: Elifbâ) was one of the main writing systems for the Albanian language during the time of the Ottoman Empire from 19th century to 1911. This Albanian variant of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was used to write the Albanian language. The last version of the Elifbaja shqip was invented by the rilindas, Rexhep Voka (1847-1917). Although the first standardized Albanian script based on the Arabic alphabet was published in the 1800s, Sufi Albanian poets began composing poetry in Albanian using the Arabic script as early as the late 17th century.

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• ▸History of the Japanese in Seattle
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• ▸Chinglish

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