Naum Veqilharxhi
Naum Veqilharxhi | |
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Veqilharxhi in a c. 1844 illustration | |
| Born | Naum Panajot Bredhi December 6, 1797 Vithkuq, Korçë, southern Albania, then Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1846 (Aged 57) Istanbul, Turkey, then Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Language | Albanian |
| Notable works | Evëtor |
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Naum Veqilharxhi (born Naum Panajot Bredhi; 1797–1846) was an Albanian lawyer and scholar. In 1844, he published using a unique alphabet for the Albanian language with characters he had created himself, the Vithkuqi script. Veqilharxhi is one of the most prominent figures of the early Albanian National Awakening, and is considered by Albanians as its first ideologue.