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The name Kosovo (as referred to in this spelling) is the most frequently used form in English when discussing the region in question. The Albanian spelling Kosova has lesser currency. The alternative spellings Cossovo and Kossovo were frequently used until the early 20th century.
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.
Ëvetarët e Parë Shqip - Naum Veqilharxhi (1844–45) Tri Abetarët e Gjuhës Shqipe - Kostandin Kristoforidhi (1867–72) Mësoni të shkruani Gjuhën Shqipe - Daut Boriçi (1869) Pellazgjika Shqip - Vasil Dhimitër Ruso (1877) Abetare e Gjuhës Shqipe - Sami Frashëri (1879) Abetarea Shqip - Jovan Risto Terova (1887)
In the 1485 defter, which covered the Gjakova region of Western Kosovo, half of the villages had Albanian names or a mixture of Slavic-Albanian names. [23] During Stefan Dusan's reign, Albanian Catholics in Kosovo were forcibly converted into Orthodoxy, many others were expelled, and Catholic churches were converted into Orthodox ones. [24] [25 ...
Education in Albanian was withdrawn in 1992 and re-established in 1994. [15] At the University of Pristina, which was seen as a centre of Kosovo Albanian cultural identity, education in the Albanian language was abolished and Albanian teachers were also dismissed in large numbers. Albanians responded by boycotting state schools and setting up ...
Combined with continued skirmishes between Albanian guerrillas and Yugoslav forces the conflict resulted in a further massive displacement of population in Kosovo. [123] Kosovar Albanian soldiers holding pictures in memory of the men who were killed or went missing in the Krusha massacres Photograph of Kosovo Albanian refugees during the Kosovo ...
The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Republikës së Kosovës; Serbian: Скупштина Републике Косово, Skupština Republike Kosovo) or the Kuvendi, [g] is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Kosovo that is directly elected by the people every four years.
Kosovo's municipalities. A municipality (Albanian: komuna; Serbian: општина / opština) is the basic administrative division in Kosovo and constitutes the only level of power in local governance. [1] There are 38 municipalities in Kosovo; 27 of which have an Albanian ethnic majority, 10 Serb and 1 Turkish.