In the busy streets of Tirana, there is a word that "echoes" in the air and appears everywhere in the buildings: grass.
The most frequent word in names in Tirana is the word " bar" , said Elsa Skenderi Rakipllari in "Opinion", lecturer in the linguistics department at the Faculty of History and Philology.
Considering that Albania is one of the countries with the highest number of cafes in Europe in relation to the population, the word "bar" was not a surprise.
Other words that are as trendy as bars are: travel, shop, exchange, pharmacy, service, jeweler. The list then follows with studios and banks.
She also brought another interesting detail. The Albanian language occupies 22.7% of the names on "Myslym Shyri" street in Tirana. English takes twice as much as Albanian on this road.
"For what you asked me for two pieces of information that might be interesting. The linguistic landscape on the street "Myslym Shyri". The Albanian language occupies 22.7% of the names, while English occupies 38.5%, that is, double. Other languages we have French with 5.7%, Spanish 1.2% then are noun uses that appear in combination. The most frequent words in the linguistic landscape of Tirana, all those nouns is the word, find it? Bar , "said Elsa Skenderi.