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He was the author of the work <i>&#8220;Gramatika e gjuh\u00ebs shqipe&#8221; (\u201cGrammar of the Albanian language\u201d)<\/i>, a publication based on the study of the activities and traditions of Arb\u00ebresh people, published in 1830. Later, in 1859, he published an Italian-Albanian dictionary and a volume of folk songs of the Arb\u00ebreshs of Sicily. He is mainly known by the general public for completing the collection of old folk songs, which is the work that his father started. According to the researcher Kol\u00eb Kamsi, he left behind these unpublished writings: <i>&#8220;Albanian-Italian and Italian-Albanian dictionary&#8221;<\/i> (&#8221; <i>Vocabolario albanese-Italiano e Italiano-albanese&#8221;)<\/i>, rich in words and with a short grammar; <i>&#8220;The Gospel of Saint Matthew&#8221;<\/i>(&#8220;<i>Il Vangelo di San Matteo&#8221;) <\/i>translated into the Albanian dialect of Palazzo Adriano; <i>&#8220;Customs and traditions&#8221;<\/i>(&#8220;<i>Usi e costumi di Palazzo Adriano<\/i>&#8220;).<i>(In the photo: View from Palazzo Adriano, Sicily.)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text: <\/strong>Center of Studies and Publications for Arb\u00ebresh, Tirana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 https:\/\/www.palermotoday.it\/cronaca\/museo-nuovo-cinema-paradiso-palazzo-adriano.html&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Dara, son of Gavril Dara (Junior), passed away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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