Marcel Courthiade

Courthiade had originally studied medicine at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, but then shifted his focus on Slavic languages—particularly Serbo-Croatian and Polish. He then studied at the INALCO in Paris, where he earned a diploma in Polish, Macedonian, and Albanian. He titled his doctoral thesis Phonologie des variétés dialectales de Rromani et diasystèmes graphiques de la langue Romani, a degree he earned from the École pratique des hautes études. During his studies, Courthiade worked for several NGOs regarding education for Romani people in Albania. Subsequently, he worked as a political analyst and interpreter at the French Embassy in Albania for four years. In 1997, he became a lecturer at INALCO. In 2008, he was a key participant of Louis Mochet's film Rromani Soul. In 2019, he became a member of the scientific council . Marcel Courthiade died in Tirana on 4 March 2021 at the age of 67 from unknown causes. ==Publications==

• Romani fonetika thaj Lekhipa (1986) • Xàca dùme, but godi (1980s) • Gramatika e gjuhës Rrome (1989) • Stuart Manns Wörterbuch des albanischen Romanes (1990) • In the margin of Romani. Gypsy languages in contact (1991) • Dialektologikano pućhipnasqo lil vaś-i klasifikàcia e rromane ćhibǎqe [dia]lektenqiri (1992) • Śirpustik. amare ćhibǎqiri (1992) • Lil e Efesianěnqe. Epistoli pros Efesioys (1993) • ''Terre d'asile, terre d'exil. l'Europe tsigane'' (1993) • ''De l'usage de l'abécédaire « Śirpustik amare ćhibǎqiri »'' (1994) • Langues de Diaspora (1994) • Phonologie des parlers rrom et diasysteme graphique de la langue romani (1995) • Structure dialectale de la langue rromani (1998) • Les Rroms, Ashkalis et Gorans de Dardanie (Kosovo) (2000) • ''Les Tziganes ou le destin sauvage des Roms de l'Est'' (2002) • Appendix Two. Kannauʒ on the Ganges, cradle of the Rromani people (2004) • Les Rroms dans les belles lettres européennes (2004) • ''La Langue rromani, d'un millénaire à l'autre, Études Tsiganes'' (2005) • Sagesse et humour du peuple rrom (2007) • ''L'origine des Rroms. Cheminement d'une (re)découverte : Kannauj « berceau » du peuple rrom»'' (2007) • La littérature des Rroms, Sintés et Kalés ==Notes==