4.2.5 Language issues and policies According to the Constitution
of the Republic of Albania, the official language is Albanian,
an Indo-European language, a single branch in the Indo-European
tree. The Gheg dialect is spoken in Northern Albania by
approximately 1 300 000 people, in Kosovo by 1 750 000, and in
Macedonia by 600 000. Tosk has been the basis for the official
dialect of standard Albanian, recognised officially in 1972, and
is spoken by 3 400 000 people. In recent years the Ghegs have
also started to use standard Albanian. Greek is the second major
language, spoken by a Greek minority of 60 000 people in the
South of Albania and is used in Greek schools. Macedonian is
spoken by 30 000, Romanian in the Vlach dialect is spoken by 50
000 people. There are currently no specific cultural policies or
measures to support the use and promotion of minority languages
through culture (e.g. publications, radio stations, support for
films etc).