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Albanian, Gheg
A language of Serbia
ISO 639-3: aln
| Population |
1,630,000 in Serbia. Population total all countries: 4,156,090. Ethnic population: 2,000,000 (1998 Los Angeles Times). |
| Region |
Kosovo. Also in Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, United States. |
| Alternate names |
Geg, Shgip |
| Dialects |
Not intelligible with Tosk Albanian. |
| Classification |
Indo-European, Albanian, Gheg
A member of macrolanguage Albanian [sqi] (Albania). |
| Language use |
Official regional language in Kosovo. Vigorous. Restrictions on Albanian at Kosovo’s university since 1990. |
| Language development |
Newspapers. NT: 1869–1990. |
| Writing system |
Latin script. |
| Comments |
Called ‘Kossovar’. Muslim, Christian. |
Also spoken in:
| Language name |
Albanian, Gheg |
| Population |
1,800,000 in Albania (2007). |
| Region |
North. |
| Alternate names |
Geg, Gheg, Guegue, Shopni |
| Dialects |
Mandrica, Ship (Kosove), Scutari, Elbasan-Tirana. |
| Language use |
Some may also use Standard Albanian [als]. |
| Comments |
Muslim, Christian. |
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Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
KOLGJINI, Julie May, author. 2001. Review of: Comparative syntax of Balkan languages, Maria-Luisa Rivero and Angela Ralli, editors.
