On the Official Language of The Republic of North Macedonia

In its origin and structural and typological characteristics the official language of the Republic of North Macedonia is a southwestern written regional norm of the Bulgarian language.

In support of this position a series of arguments of linguistic, historical and cultural nature can be adduced, all being based upon authentic sources and resulting from extensive research carried out by renowned Bulgarian and foreign scholars.

CONTENTS

I. Brief historical and geographical reference about the region of Macedonia

II. On the history of the linguistic norm in Macedonia

III. On the names in Macedonia

IV. The Slavic studies discover the Bulgarian language

V. On the Bulgarian men of letters from Macedonia during the Revival Period

VI. The creation of the literary norm of the Republic of North Macedonia

VII. The contemporary dialects in Kosovo and Albania and the Macedonian regional written norm

VIII. The unity of the Bulgarian dialects

IX. Contemporary ethnodemographic dimensions of the language question

X. The official language of the Republic of North Macedonia within the framework of contemporary bilateral relations

XI. Conclusions and a road map for the bilateral relations in the spheres of science and culture

Selected bibliography

Appendix