The Cognitive Benefits of Learning Native Language and Bilingualism in a Minority Group

Genc Struga, Thomas Bak, EnverRoshi and Stavros Baloyannis
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Genc Struga: Department of Neuroscience, University Hospital Mother Teresa, Albania
Thomas Bak: University of Edinburgh, UK
EnverRoshi: Chief of Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Albania
Stavros Baloyannis: Director Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s disease, Professor Emeritus Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2018, vol. 7, issue 5, 93-94

Abstract: Studying the Arvanites a bilingual population in Greece that speak Arvanitika a dialect of Albanian language still spoken in vast areas of Greece is classified as minority language and in risk of extinction as endangered. The study aim to show the possible benefit in cognitive and cognitive related dysfunction of native speakers of Arvanitika from bilingualism [1].

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2018.07.555722

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