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  1. It was first written as c in 1879 by Frashëri but also in 1908 by Pekmezi. ç was also written as tz (Leake 1814), ts̄ (Reinhold 1855), ci (Rada 1866), tš (Kristoforidis 1872), tç (Dozon 1878), č (by Agimi) and ch (by Bashkimi). ç itself was first used by Frasheri (1879).

  2. The first written mention of Albanian was in 1284 in a witness testimony from the Republic of Ragusa, while a letter written by Dominican Friar Gulielmus Adea in 1332 mentions the Albanians using the Latin alphabet in their writings.

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  4. First written: 15th century AD. Writing system: Latin alphabet (in the past: the Greek, Arabic, Elbasan, Beitha Kukju and Todhri alphabets) Status: Official language in Albania and Kosovo. Recognised minority language in Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia. Origins.

  5. Apr 23, 2024 · The official language, written in a standard roman-style orthography adopted in 1909, was based on the south Gheg dialect of Elbasan from the beginning of the Albanian state until World War II and since has been modelled on Tosk. Albanian speakers in Kosovo and in North Macedonia speak eastern varieties of Gheg but since 1974 have widely ...

  6. The earliest written attestation is from the 15th century, though a standard orthography using the Latin alphabet was not adopted until 1909. The core vocabulary of Albanian is native, though in the course of its history it has absorbed many loanwords from Greek, Latin, Balkan Romance languages ( see Romanian ), Slavic languages, and Turkish.

  7. The earliest intelligible records of written Albanian date from the second half of the fifteenth century1. They consist mostly of words and short phrases discovered in foreign-language manuscripts. The first, and perhaps best known of these records, is a baptismal formula

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