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When did Albania adopt a writing system based on the Roman alphabet?
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Albania adopted a writing system based on the Roman alphabet in 1908. This milestone occurred during the Congress of Monastir, where Albanian linguists, scholars, and writers convened to establish a modern, unified alphabet.12
Prior to this adoption, the Albanian language lacked a definitive orthography, and written materials relied on a mix of various scripts, including Latin, Greek, Turko-Arabic, and Cyrillic. Before the 1908 standardization, the limited literature that existed was often produced using makeshift Italianate or Hellenizing orthographies.13