Written Sources
The first Greek–Albanian dictionary was written by Markos Botsaris (in Albanian: Marko Boçari), which contains the first features of Cham Albanian. Based on this evidence, T. Yochalas, who studied the dictionary, concluded that either the native language of the authors was Greek or Greek had a very strong influence on Albanian, if the latter was possibly spoken in Souli.
During the 19th century, Cham Albanians, started creating bejtes, which was a new kind of poems, mainly in Southern Albania. The most well-known bejtexhi was Muhamet Kyçyku (Çami), born in Konispol. He is the only poet in Albania who wrote in Cham Albanian and, as it seems, was the first Albanian author to have written longer poetry.
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