Talk:Sarandë District

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Andres, are you sure that Greek is officially recognized as a language? I don't know what recognized would mean exactly, but... I know that there are plenty of "Grecophone" (speakers of the Greek language) in that area (especially in Himarë). The Albanian locals in many southern towns have emigrated to Greece (and more minorly to Italy), so the Greek minority is more pronounced in some areas. --Dori 04:51, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I am not sure. And I don't know exactly what that means. My source is

http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/grk.htm

Andres 05:30, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I don't know if it is accurate. An official language would have to be included in schools, government, etc., I would think, and Greek is not as far as I know. Looking here: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2098.html Greek is mentioned, but not as an official language. Looking at the same site you found: http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/aln.htm it mentions Albanian as being officially recognized in Kosovo and Montenegro/ Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Macedonia (Kosovo, Macedonia yes, but Montenegro?) Maybe they're just saying that the government recognizes that there are people whose primary language is not the native one. --Dori 05:48, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)

OK, until we don't know exactly, let's omit that. Probably you know better but maybe that means that in those districts you can send a letter in Greek to the local government or you can have education in Greek perhaps on the elementary level? I don't know. Andres 06:04, 16 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I came across the following document which discusses a bit the Greek language situation as of 1994: http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/ghm-greeks-albanians.PDF (Page 12). It would appear that there is some level of recognition of the language and it is taught in some schools as the primary language. I also saw that Macedonian is recognized in a couple of places. I guess I was wrong, but I have no idea what the exact and current situation is though. --Dori 17:52, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Article 20 of the Albanian constitution[1] simply says:

1. Persons who belong to national minorities exercise in full equality before the law the human rights and freedoms.

2. They have the right to freely express, without prohibition or compulsion, their ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic belonging. They have the right to preserve and develop it, to study and to be taught in their mother tongue, as well as unite in organizations and societies for the protection of their interests and identity.

--Dori 18:12, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Thank you, the link about the language of instruction was very interesting. I hope we'll got information.