November 22, the Day of the Albanian Alphabet, already announced and an official holiday of Albania, will be commemorated today with the publication of the renewed draft dictionary of the Albanian language, which is the fruit of almost 4 years of work and will contain about 120 thousand words , nearly three times the current dictionary. The dictionary will then be put out for wide public consultation.
Present yesterday at the National Assembly for the Albanian Language, Rama underlined that this dictionary is part of the resistance to protect the Albanian language from all kinds of barbarians and ignoramuses who find space in social networks.
" The draft of this dictionary will also be publicly presented. It will be put to wide public consultation and opinions and suggestions, remarks, contributions will be received that will probably enrich it, but will certainly consolidate it as the joint products of a necessary resistance and an effort that we are not able to we are under attack because we are under the aggression of barbarism and all kinds of ignorant people who find space thanks to the new world of social networks. But we have an obligation to be on the defensive and not allow the language to degrade to the point of no return" , said Rama yesterday.
Meanwhile, today is the second day of the National Assembly for the Albanian Language, where the challenges and opportunities of the Albanian language in the modern era are discussed. This first Language Assembly has brought together representatives of educational institutions, prominent figures from education, linguistics, literature, scientific research and public communication, as well as young people, students and high school students.
November 22 has special symbolism and specifies the greatest unifying moment of Albanians, commemorating the Congress of Manastir, held between November 14 and 22, 1908 for the standardization of the alphabet of the Albanian language. Albanian Alphabet Day was declared a national holiday by the Assembly in February of this year and today is the first time it is celebrated as an official holiday.