Bardhyl Demiraj | |
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| Born | (1958-03-29)29 March 1958 (age 67) |
| Citizenship | Albanian |
| Occupation | Linguist |
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| Education | University of Tirana University of Vienna University of Bonn |
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| Institutions | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Bardhyl Demiraj (born 29 March 1958) is an Albanian linguist andAlbanologist. He is considered one of the leading experts in the study of Albanian etymology.[1]
Bardhyl Demiraj was born on 29 March 1958 inTirana, the son of linguistShaban Demiraj. He studied Albanian language and literature at theUniversity of Tirana from 1977 to 1981, earning a master's degree in 1982. From 1984 to 1986, he specialized in Indo-European, Romanian and Balkan linguistics at theUniversity of Vienna. From 1991 to 1993, he did postgraduate research at theUniversity of Bonn, earning a doctorate in Tirana in 1994 after a dissertation on the historical development of the Albanian number system.[1][2]
From 1994, he collaborated on theIndo-European Etymological Dictionary at theUniversity of Leiden, while continuing his etymological research in Bonn. In 2001, he was appointed Professor of Albanian at the Institute for Comparative and Indo-European Linguistics of theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich.[1][2][3]
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