On February 23rd, 1921, was born the prominent Italian albanologist Giovanni Battista Pellegrini, professor of the University of Pisa, Trieste and Padova, a member of many institutions and Italian and foreign academies. Professor Pellegrini has made a great contribution in the study of the Albanian language. He has published a series of articles, studies and monographs exceeding 1,000 press pages, which treats various Albanian problems, mainly dealing with its ancient history. In 1977 he published “Hyrje në studimin e gjuhës shqipe “with 336 pages and illustrations. Then he published “Kërkime linguistike ballkanike-danubiane ” where the Albanian language is included in 3 chapters and then 1995 ” Hyrje në gjuhësinë shqiptare ” with 277 pages and maps.
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