Kosovar
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Kosovar/Kosovan may refer to:
- Something of, from, or related to KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, a landlocked region in the BalkansBalkansThe Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
, the majority of which is governed by the partially-recognised Republic of KosovoRepublic of KosovoKosovo , officially the Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognised state and a disputed territory in the Balkans...
. - An ethnically Albanian person from Kosovo, or of Kosovar descent, at this moment 90% of whom are AlbaniansAlbanians in KosovoAlbanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . According to the 1991 Serbian census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population...
, and 5% are Serbs and 5% others.- For more information, see Demographics of Kosovo, Kosovar diasporaKosovar diasporaThe term Kosovan diaspora refers to the estimated population of Kosovan people in the world migrated outside of Kosovo.Since the vast majority of Kosovans are Kosovar Albanians, the Kosovan diaspora is for the most part a section of the Albanian diaspora.Also since the Republic of Kosovo declared...
and Culture of Kosovo. - For specific persons, see List of Kosovars.
- For more information, see Demographics of Kosovo, Kosovar diaspora
- Note that there is no language called "Kosovan" but Kosovar dialect. See Languages of Kosovo.