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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.
The Constitution of Montenegro from 2007 states that Montenegrin is the official language of the country, while Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Albanian are languages in official use. [8] The Constitution states that languages in official use are those of groups that form at least 1% of the population of Montenegro, as per the 2003 population ...
The various dialects of the Albanian language in Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. [note 1] The Albanian language is composed of many dialects, divided into two major groups: Gheg and Tosk. [1] The Shkumbin river is roughly the geographical dividing line, with Gheg spoken north of the Shkumbin and Tosk south of ...
A number of placenames in Montenegro are considered to be ultimately derived from or through Albanian. Some cases include: Budva, being ultimately derived from the Albanian word butë. [8] Ulcinj is considered to be connected with the Albanian word ujk or ulk (meaning wolf in English) [9] [10] from Proto-Albanian *(w)ulka.
The change of literary language has had significant political and cultural consequences because the Albanian language is the main criterion for Albanian self identity. [7] The standardization has been criticized, notably by the writer Arshi Pipa , who claimed that the move had deprived Albanian of its richness at the expense of the Ghegs. [ 8 ]
Both are part of the Balkan sprachbund but there are certain elements shared only by Albanian and Eastern Romance languages that descended from Common Romanian. Aside from Latin, and from shared Greek, Slavic and Turkish elements, other characteristics and words are attributed to the Palaeo-Balkan linguistic base. [1]
The Ghegs (also spelled Gegs; Albanian: Gegët) are one of the two main ethnic subgroups of Albanians, alongside the Tosks. [1] These groups are distinguished by their cultural, dialectal, social, and religious characteristics, which contribute to the diversity within the Albanian population.
Pages in category "Languages of Montenegro" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...