A free online Albanian-Serbian dictionary was launched in Pristina in an attempt to ease communication between Kosovo’s two largest ethnic communities, who rarely learn each other’s language.
The online dictionary, which was published on Thursday in Pristina, contains 40,000 words and was presented as a tool for young Kosovo Albanians and Serbs to learn other’s language, which they have not done in schools since the break-up of Yugoslavia.
“Language barriers prevent communities from exercising their human rights and freedoms by creating a kind of mistrust,” Zahir Tanin, the head of the UN Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, said at the launch.
Tanin added that language barriers also prevent communication between people of different communities in everyday life and can hinder their access to public services.
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