Alternate Names: Geg, Shqip, Shqyp
Dialects: Gheg, Northeast, Gheg, Northwest. There is a transitional dialect zone which is neither Gheg Albanian nor Tosk Albanian ,. It is spoken in a few towns and villages around the Shkumbin River such as Shpat and Sulovë. A member of macrolanguage Albanian ,.
Status Notes: De facto provincial language in Kosovo.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,630,000 in Serbia. Population total all countries: 3,486,100. Ethnic population: 2,000,000 (1998 Los Angeles Times).
Language Use: Vigorous. Restrictions on Albanian at Kosovo’s university since 1990.
Language Development: Newspapers. NT: 1869–1990.
Spoken In: Kosovo
Writing System: Braille, Latin
Nation of Origin: Kosovo, Montenegro
Other Comments: Muslim, Christian.