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Gheg or Tosk: dialect still divides Kosovo

In front | INTERVIEW
Kelmendi's mother's family spoke Albanian and Turkish (Photo:  ©MK/ Java)

The majority of Kosovars speak Gheg, but officially use Tosk for historical reasons. As Kosovo emerges in the form of an independent state, Migjen Kelmendi, former rock star and editor in chief of 'Java' magazine, discusses 'nationalist deliriums'

by Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre // 18/03/08

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