''Gjuha Jonë'' (Our Language) is a magazine published in
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...
,
Albania
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, focusing on the standard and literary
Albanian language
Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It ...
. It is published by the
Centre of Albanological Studies. Its main functions consist of enlarging the functionality of the standard Albanian language and elevation of its social prestige, the educational system and staff, strategies on augmentation of press organs and publishing media, and increase of the researchers in the
linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...
field.
The magazine was first proposed in February 1979 by
Eqrem Çabej during the work sessions of the Academy of Sciences in Tirana. It was followed by a legal act (act-decision) of the
Albanian Council of Ministers, demanding permanent and extensive research on the standard and literary language; one of the topics mentioned was the creation of a scientific magazine on that purpose.
The magazine started in 1981, published by the
Academy of Sciences of Albania. A homologue one started in 1982 in
Pristina
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In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of the Dardanian Kingdo ...
,
Kosovo
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, named ''Gjuha Shqipe'' (Albanian Language), targeting the same topics. It was published by the
Albanological Institute of Pristina.
In 2008, the Institute of Linguistics and Literature () split with the Albanian Academy of Sciences and joined the Centre of Albanological Studies, carried over the magazine as well.
''Gjuha Jonë'' is published quarterly.
Gjuha Jone, Publisher: Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike
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See also
*'' Studime Historike''
*'' Studime Filologjike''
*'' Kultura Popullore''
*'' Gjuha Shqipe''
References
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1981 establishments in Albania
Albanian language
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Albanian-language magazines
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Magazines established in 1981
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