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The language is spoken by approximately 6 million people in the Balkans, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. [1] However, due to old communities in Italy and the large Albanian diaspora, the worldwide total of speakers is much higher than in Southern Europe and numbers approximately 7.5 million.
The various dialects of the Albanian language in Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. [note 1]The Albanian language is composed of many dialects, divided into two major groups: Gheg and Tosk. [1]
One-north (stylised as one-north) is a subzone of Queenstown, Singapore, first developed by JTC Corporation as the country's research and development and high technology cluster. It was first conceptualised in 1991 as part of the National Technology Plan and officially launched on 4 December 2001 by then Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan Keng Yam .
Albania has one of Europe's longest histories of viticulture. [221] Today's region was one of the few places where vine was naturally grown during the ice age. The oldest found seeds in the region are 4,000 to 6,000 years old. [222] In 2009, the nation produced an estimated 17,500 tonnes of wine. [223]
Northern Albania is in red. Northern Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Veriore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania. [3] This ethnographical territory is sometimes referred to as Ghegeria (Albanian: Gegëria) which also includes parts of the Albanian-inhabited territories of Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
Gheg or Geg (Gheg Albanian: gegnisht, Standard Albanian: gegërisht) is one of the two major varieties of Albanian, the other being Tosk.The geographic dividing line between the two varieties is the Shkumbin River, which winds its way through central Albania.
Two etymologies have been proposed for this ethnonym: one, derived the name from the Albanian word for eagle (shqiponjë). [4] The eagle was a common heraldic symbol for many Albanian dynasties in the Late Middle Ages and came to be a symbol of the Albanians in general, for example the flag of Skanderbeg , whose family symbol was the black ...
Polog Valley, as seen from Suva Gora mountain Fields in Polog Valley Polog Valley, as seen from Šar Mountain.. Polog (Macedonian: Полог, romanized: Polog; Albanian: Pollog), also known as the Polog Valley (Macedonian: Полошка Котлина, romanized: Pološka Kotlina; Albanian: Lugina e Pollogut) is located in the north-western part of North Macedonia, near the border with Kosovo.