33 Countries of Origin’ Profiles

5 demographic situation of a country, the main resource is the data generated from population census (which according to the United Nations rules is conducted every ten years) and from the vital statistics. Such information is then followed by the other part of population data and main demographic indicators such as birth rate, mortality rate and migrations. These are the three main indicators used to measure population changes in a country. Population grows or declines depending on the positive or negative natural increase and also on positive or negative migration rate. LANGUAGE Justin Dodge According to the Constitution, Albanian a nd Serbian a re the official languages of Kosovo. Almost 95% of the population speaks Albanian a s their native language, followed b y South Slavic languages a nd Turkish. Due to North Kosovo's boycott of the census, Bosnian r esulted in being the second-largest language after Albanian. However, Serbian is de facto the second most spoken language in Kosovo. Since 1999, the Albanian language h as become the dominant language in the country, although equal status is given to Serbian a nd special status is given to other minority languages. The National Assembly a dopted the Law on the Use of Languages in 2006 committed Kosovo institutions to ensuring the equal use of Albanian and Serbian as the official languages. Additionally, other languages can also gain recognition at municipal level as official languages if the linguistic community represents at least 5% of the total population of municipality. The Law on the Use of Languages gives Turkish t he status of an official language in the municipality o f Prizren, i rrespective of the size of the Turkish community l iving there. Although both Albanian a nd Serbian a re official languages, municipal civil servants are only required to speak one of them in a professional setting and, according to Language Commissioner of Kosovo Slaviša Mladenović statement from 2015, no organizations have all of their documents in both languages. Basic Words Hello – C‘kemi Tungjatjeta How are you? – Si jeni? (formal) Si je? (informal) Reply to ‗How are you?‘ – Mirë falemenderit po ju? (formal) Mirë falemenderit po ti? (informal) My name is… - Mua më quajnë.../ Unë guhem… Pleased to meet you - Gëzohem gë të takova Goodbye – Pacim Yes – Po No – Jo Sorry – Më fal Please – Ju lutem (formal) Të lutem (informal) Tank you – Falemenderit