The Gjirokastër script, also known as Veso Bey alphabet (), is one of the original Albanian language alphabets of the 19th century. It is named after the town of Gjirokastër in South Albania where it was first encountered by the scholar Johann Georg von Hahn, also after Veso Bey, a rich local bey from the influential Alizoti family who provided it to Hahn. Hahn published in 1854 in his "Albanesische Studien", in Jena. The Elbasan Gospel Manuscript (Anonimi i Elbasanit), 1761, and the struggle for an original Albanian alphabet by Robert Elsie
History According to Hahn, the alphabet was given to him by Veso bey, and had been used that far within Alizoti family circles.
Script The alphabet, probably cryptic, contains 22 letters.Old Albanian Scripts
See also Vithkuqi alphabet Vellara alphabet Elbasan alphabet
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