MULTILINGVISM IN THE PRIZREN AREA

MULTILINGVISM IN THE PRIZREN AREA

Kaćka, Muljaim

The topic of this work is multilingualism in Prizren region. Prizren is the second largest city in Kosovo and largest cultural centar of Kosovo. The city it self has around 100 000 residents but its surrounding is very large. Ethnical and linguistical picture is dominantly Albanian, but, Prizren is different concerning that matter. In Prizren there are many people and many nations and multiple languages are spoken (Albanian, Serbian – Croatian, Turkish, Roman, etc).All of this showes the fact that Prizren is a multinational and multilinguistical place. In our work we have showed that. It is clearly shown that a large number of young people from mentioned area know and learn other official languages, which is a characteristic of area like this one is. We have shown and described types of biligualism that are found in a mentioned area as well as a prevalence of bilingualists. Key words: Multilingvism, Bilingvism, Prizren, Prizren area, language.

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2014

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