Marcel Courthiade

Marcel Courthiade was a French Romani linguist and researcher.

Biography

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