Vellara

The Vellara alphabet is a script for Albanian that first appeared in the early 19th century. It is named after a Greek doctor and writer, Ioannis Vilaras (1771–1823), who wrote the manuscript in which the script first appeared. Ioannis Vilaras, or Jan Vellarai in Albanian, became the physician to Veli, the son of Ali Pasha Tepelena, the ruler of Albania, in 1801. He is known mainly for writing poetry in Greek, but also spoke Albanian fluently.

The Vellara script is also known as the Vellara alphabet, orAlfabeti i Vëllarait in Albanian. It is based mainly on the Latin script, and to a lesser extent on the Greek and Cyrillic scripts.

Notable features

Type of writing system:alphabet
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write:Albanian (shqip)

Vellara alphabet

Vellara script

Download an alphabet chart for Vellara (Excel)

Sample text

Article 1 of the UDHR in Albanian written in the Vellara alphabet

Transliteration

Të gjithë njerëzit lindin të lirë dhe të barabartë në dinjitet dhe në të drejta. Ata kanë arsye dhe ndërgjegje dhe duhet të sillen ndaj njëri tjetrit me frymë vëllazërimi.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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Links

Information about the Vellara alphabet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellara_alphabet
https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfabeti_i_Vëllarait

Vellara font
https://www.obib.de/Schriften/AlteSchriften/Albanien/Vellara.html

Alphabets

A-chik Tokbirim,Adinkra,ADLaM,Armenian,Avestan,Avoiuli,Bactrian,Bassa (Vah),Beitha Kukju,Berati,Beria (Zaghawa),Borama / Gadabuursi,Carian,Carpathian Basin Rovas,Chinuk pipa,Chisoi,Coorgi-Cox,Coptic,Cyrillic,Dalecarlian runes,Elbasan,Etruscan,Faliscan,Fox,Galik,Georgian (Asomtavruli),Georgian (Nuskhuri),Georgian (Mkhedruli),Glagolitic,Global Alphabet,Gothic,Greek,Hurûf-ı munfasıla,Irish (Uncial),Kaddare,Kayah Li,Khatt-i-Badíʼ,Khazarian Rovas,Koch,Korean,Latin,Lepontic,Luo Lakeside Script,Lycian,Lydian,Manchu,Mandaic,Mandombe,Marsiliana,Medefaidrin,Messapic,Mongolian,Mro,Mundari Bani,Nag Chiki,Naasioi Otomaung,N'Ko,North Picene,Novo Tupi,Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong,Odùduwà,Ogham,Old Church Slavonic,Oirat Clear Script,Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet' / Santali),Old Italic,Old Nubian,Old Permic,Ol Onal,Orkhon,Osage,Oscan,Osmanya (Somali),Pau Cin Hau,Phrygian,Pollard script,Runic,Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes),South Picene,Sutton SignWriting,Sunuwar,Tai Viet,Tangsa,Todhri,Toto,Umbrian,(Old) Uyghur,Vellara,Veso Bey,Wancho,Yezidi,Zoulai

Other writing systems

Page created: 02.02.26. Last modified: 02.02.26

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