Marcel Courthiade
{{Short description|French linguist (1953–2021)}}
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| birth_date = 2 August 1953
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| death_place = Tirana, Albania
| nationality = French
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Researcher
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Marcel Courthiade ({{IPA|fr|kuʁtjad}}; 2 August 1953 – 4 March 2021) was a French Romani linguist and researcher.{{cite web|url=https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Hommage-a-Marcel-Courthiade|title=Roms des Balkans : hommage à Marcel Courthiade|date=6 March 2021|work=Le Courrier des Balkans|language=French}}
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,{{efn|English: Phonology of Romani dialectal varieties and graphic diasystems of the Romani language}} 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 {{ill|Délégué interministériel à la lutte contre le racisme, l'antisémitisme et la haine anti-LGBT|fr}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.gouvernement.fr/installation-du-nouveau-conseil-scientifique-de-la-dilcrah|title=Installation du nouveau Conseil scientifique de la DILCRAH|date=15 February 2019|work=Gouvernement|language=French}}{{efn|English: Interministerial Delegate for the Fight against Racism, Anti-Semitism and Anti-LGBT Hatred}}
Marcel Courthiade died in Tirana on 4 March 2021 at the age of 67 from unknown causes.{{cite web|url=http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/marcel-courthiade-linguist-who-dedicated-himself-to-the-emancipation-of-roma-and-their-language-has-passed-away|title=Marcel Courthiade, linguist who dedicated himself to the emancipation of Roma and their language, has passed away|date=9 March 2021|work=Romea.cz}}
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){{cite web|url=http://marcel-online.carlod.fr/wp-content/uploads/019-les-annales-de-lautre-islam-7.pdf|title=Les Rroms, Ashkalis et Gorans de Dardanie'/Kosovo|work=INALCO|language=French}}
- 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
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Category:University of Clermont-Ferrand alumni