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3 unusual facts about Albanian alphabet


Dobrošte

Before Ottoman occupation, Doroste population consisted of Albanian Catholics as there were 4 Albanian Catholic churches in the village as well as Christian graves with Albanian inscriptions.

Gjergj Fishta

Participants of the congress accepted Fishta's proposal for the Latin Bashkimi alphabet to be the standard Albanian alphabet, rejecting proposals that the Arabic alphabet be used.

Notably he was the chairman of the commission of the Congress of Monastir, which sanctioned the Albanian alphabet.


Education in Albania

The advent of the Young Turks movement in 1908 motivated the Albanian patriots to intensify their efforts, and in the same year a group of intellectuals met in Monastir to choose an Albanian alphabet.


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