Pasquale Scutari is an

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and Albanologist. Scutari was born in the Arbereshe

San Costantino Albanese San Costantino Albanese () is an Arbëreshë town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Geography San Costantino Albanese sits on a hilltop overlooking the Sarmento Valley and is located across ...

in the

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, southern

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in 1952. He graduated from the "Istituto Magistrale di Lagonegro" and later he enrolled in the Faculty of Philology of the

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in 1976. As a very fond of Arbereshe language person, he has participated in many convents and seminars, between others "La diversità linguistica, patrimonio culturale della Basilicata" (The linguistic diversity, cultural patrimony of Basilicata), held in San Costantino Albanese in 2004. He received a docent title from the

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in 2003 with the title "Operatore linguistico e culturale di area arbëreshe" (Linguistic and cultural operator in the Arbereshe area). Scutari is a collaborator of the

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''Bashkia'' (The municipality), cultural section, issued by the Municipality of S.Constantino Albanese. Scutari is the author of many studies and

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s on the

Albanian dialects The Albanian language is composed of many dialects, divided into two major groups: Gheg Albanian, Gheg and Tosk Albanian, Tosk. The Shkumbin river is roughly the geographical dividing line, with Gheg spoken north of the Shkumbin and Tosk south of ...

of Italy.

Works

*''Gli Arbëreshë e la «Rilindja». Il contributo al Risorgimento degli intellettuali di San Costantino Albanese'' (The Arbëresh and "Rilindja". The contribution to the unification of Albanian intellectuals of San Costantino Albanese), Consenza: Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Linguistica, Sezione di Albanologia, 2010. . *''Dizionario arbëresh di San Costantino Albanese'' (Arberesh dictionary of San Costantino Albanese), Rende, 2010. OCLC 867173600. *''Spigolature lessicali sulla parlata degli Arbëreshë di San Costantino Albanese'' (Lexical gleanings of the Arbëreshë spoken in San Costantino Albanese), S.l.: s.n.: 1991. OCLC 883711451. *''Il lessico della parlata arbëreshe di San Costantino Albanese'' (The vocabulary of the Arbereshe spoken in San Costantino Albanese), Rende: 2002, series: ''Studi e testi di albanistica'', 11, . *''I nomi delle piante nella comunità albanese del Pollino Lucano'' (The names of the plants in the Albanian community of Pollino Lucano), Rende (CS): CELUC, 2005, series: ''Studi e testi di albanistica'', 15. . *''Uno studio fonologico morfologico sulla parlata arbereshe di San Costantino Albanese'' (A study on the phonological morphological Arbereshe spoken in San Costantino Albanese), Cosenza: Benvenuto, 1997. OCLC 157053016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scutari, Pasquale 1952 births Living people Italian people of Arbëreshë descent People from the Province of Potenza Linguists from Italy Italian albanologists Italian philologists 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people 20th-century Albanian people 21st-century Albanian people

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