Giovanni Beltrame

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Giovanni Beltrame

Giovanni Beltrame (born November 11, 1824 in Valeggio sul Mincio in Northern Italy, † 1906 in Verona ) was an Italian linguist and Africa traveler .

Life

Beltrame went to Khartoum and Fasokl as a missionary in 1854 on behalf of an Austrian missionary society . In 1858 he moved with the pro-vicar Ignacij Knoblehar to the newly founded station Heiligenkreuz on the White Nile near Gondokoro . In 1859 he traveled to the Sohat and returned home in 1862 .

Works

  • Grammatica della lingua Denka . Rome 1870
  • Vocabulario Italiano - Denka e Denka-Italiano . Rome 1880
  • Il Sennaar e lo Sciangallah . 2 vols. Verona and Padua 1879
  • Il Fiume bianco ei Denka . Verona 1882
  • In Palestine . Florence 1895