The Sound of the Old Albanian language

[Cleitus]

Meshari (Albanian for "Missal") is the oldest published book in Albanian. The book was written by Gjon Buzuku, a Catholic cleric in 1555. The book contains 188 pages and is written in two columns. Meshari is the translation of the main parts of the Catholic Liturgy into Albanian. It contains the liturgies of the main religious holidays of the year, comments from the book of prayers, excerpts from the Bible as well as excerpts from the ritual and catechism. It was written to help Christians pray daily religious services. The only original known copy of this book currently is in the Library of the Vatican.

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[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Seems Dua was an Islamic word that came into the Albanian language. Overall very interesting, it seems parts of the grammar was also changed.

[Cleitus]

Seems Dua was an Islamic word that came into the Albanian language. Overall very interesting, it seems parts of the grammar was also changed.

të dua - I love you
From Proto-Albanian *dēma, from Proto-Indo-European *deh1-mn, from the root *dh1 (“band”). Cognate to Ancient Greek -δημα (-dēma, “band”) and Sanskrit दमान् (dā́man-, “band”).