WHITE BOOK about the Language Dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia

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WHITE BOOK about the Language Dispute between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia

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This study was developed with the voluntary efforts of the following team: Vlado Treneski - Republic of North Macedonia; Dejan Tanchovski - Republic of North Macedonia; Erlin Ago - Albania; Ivan Nikolov - Serbia; Ilija Stojanovski - Republic of North Macedonia; Metodiy Ivanov - Bulgaria; Rumen Srebranov - Bulgaria; Spas Tashev - Bulgaria.

The English edition of the WHITE BOOK about the Language Dispute between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia has been published.

This study was developed with the voluntary efforts of the following team: Vlado Treneski – Republic of North Macedonia; Dejan Tanchovski – Republic of North Macedonia; Erlin Ago – Albania; Ivan Nikolov – Serbia; Ilija Stojanovski – Republic of North Macedonia; Metodiy Ivanov – Bulgaria; Rumen Srebranov – Bulgaria; Spas Tashev – Bulgaria. Peer reviewers: Prof. Dr. Ana Kocheva, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lilyana Vasileva. Translated by Rossen Siromahov. Orbel Publishing House, 2021.

The funds for the publication of the book were raised with private donations.


   The core subject of this White book is the clarification of the language dispute and the Bulgarian origins of the language that is nowadays used in the Republic of North Macedonia. The linguistic and historical proofs that we provide form the very basis of this study. We trust the study will be instrumental in building informed opinion about the Bulgarian-Macedonian issue and in defending the just side.
 

Table of contents

Introduction

Chapter one. The Bulgarian language in the past and today

1. The Bulgarian language during the First Bulgarian Kingdom (681—1018)

2. The Bulgarian language during the Byzantine rule (1018—1185) and the Second Bulgarian Kingdom (1185—1396)

3. State of the Bulgarian language during the Ottoman rule

4. The Bulgarian language during the Revival (XVIII century — 1878). Codification of the modern bulgarian literary language with the participation of representatives, speaking various vernaculars

5. The destruction of the bulgarian renaissance cultural and historical heritage by macedonianism

Chapter two. Codification of the "Macedonian" language

1. The 1945 orthographic reform in Bulgaria — a blow by the Bulgarian Communist party on the writing unity of the Bulgarian dialects

2. The language commissions in Skopje and the codification of the new "Macedonian" language through the deconstruction of the pan-Bulgarian Language

3. The fate of those who disagree with the codification

4. The resistance and rejection of the Skopje written norm in Aegean and Pirin Macedonia and Albania after 1948

5. Basic linguistic evidence for the unity of the official language norms in Sofia and Skopje

Chapter three. Examples from the current textbooks for 2020 on the intrusion of the lie about the historical continuity of the "Macedonian" language. Matching of false claims and falsification of originals

1. Yoachim Karchovski

2. Kirill Peichinovich

3. Raiko Zhinzifov

4. Miladinov Brothers

5. Grigor Parlichev

6. Theodosius of Sinai

7. Parteniy Zografski

8. Kuzman Shapkarev

9. Yordan Hadjikonstantinov — Jinot

10. The Young Macedonian literary society and "Loza" magazine

Chapter four. Linguistic situation in Republic of North Macedonia today

1. The search for truth and the state of human rights in today's Republic of North Macedonia

2. Contemporary communication in the bulgarian language space

Conclusion

Selected references

Appendices

1. Falsifications of literary monuments

2. Counterfeiting and destruction of stone inscriptions

3. Collections of folk literature by macedonian activists

4. The truth about the early macedonianists

5. Official statistics of the ottoman empire from 1902 for the population of some areas located today on the territory of Republic of North Macedonia




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