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The language is spoken by approximately 6 million people in the Balkans, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. [1] However, due to old communities in Italy and the large Albanian diaspora, the worldwide total of speakers is much higher than in Southern Europe and numbers approximately 7.5 million.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo 13 March – The first two cases of COVID-19 in the country were confirmed, a 77-year-old man from Vitina and an Italian woman in her early 20s, who worked in Klina with Caritas Kosova.
Langue and parole is a theoretical linguistic dichotomy distinguished by Ferdinand de Saussure in his Course in General Linguistics. [1]The French term langue ('[an individual] language') [2] encompasses the abstract, systematic rules and conventions of a signifying system; it is independent of, and pre-exists, the individual user.
Kosovo, [a] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast. It covers an area of 10,887 km 2 (4,203 sq mi) and has a population of approximately 1.6 ...
Kosovo was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1455 to 1912, at first as part of the eyalet of Rumelia, and from 1864 as a separate province . During this time, Islam was introduced to the population. Today, Sunni Islam is the predominant religion of Kosovo Albanians.
In 1989, the status of Kosovo as an autonomous region of Serbia was revoked, tens of thousands of Kosovo Albanians working in the public sector lost their jobs, and Albanian students could not attend university courses in Albanian language anymore. For public and private libraries in Kosovo, the 1998-1999 period was a time when many library ...
Bajram Rexhepi - Prime Minister of Kosovo 2002-2004 [18] Ibrahim Rugova - first president of Kosovo (1992–2000) and (2002–2006) [19] Fatmir Sejdiu - first president of the Republic of Kosovo (2006–2010) [20] Hashim Thaçi - former Prime Minister and President of Kosovo [20] Azem Vllasi - senior politician and lawyer [3]
Romani people in Kosovo (Albanian: Romët në Kosovë) are part of the wider Romani people community, the biggest minority group in Europe. Kosovo Roma speak the Balkan Romani language in most cases, but also the languages that surround them, such as Serbian and Albanian. In 2011 there were 36,694 Romani, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians living in ...