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
Délégué interministériel à la lutte contre le racisme, l'antisémitisme et la haine anti-LGBT [
fr].[2]
Marcel Courthiade died in
Tirana on 4 March 2021 at the age of 67.[3]
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)