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For example, *bʰéreti 'he bears' can be split into the root *bʰer-'to bear', the suffix *-e-which governs the imperfective aspect, and the ending *-ti, which governs the present tense, third-person singular. [b] The suffix is sometimes missing, which has been interpreted as a zero suffix. [2] Words with zero suffix are termed root verbs and ...
After its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania was divided into districts until the year 2000. [1] During the 1920s and 1930s, there were 39 districts.
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.
During the People's Republic of Albania, Albanian cinema developed rapidly with the inauguration of the Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re in Tirana. [283] In 1953, the Albanian-Soviet epic film , the Great Warrior Skanderbeg , was released chronicling the life and fight of the medieval Albanian hero Skanderbeg .
The zero grade radical of *di̯ḗu̯s and the epithet "father" are thought to be contained in an Albanian noun for "god" and the supreme entity – Zot.It is traditionally considered to be derived from Proto-Albanian *dźie̅u ̊ a(t)t-, an old compound for 'heavenly father' stemming PIE *dyew-('sky, heaven, bright') attached to *átta ('father'), thus a cognate to PIE *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr and ...
The root ultimately originated from the name of the Illyrian tribe Albanoi, [14] early generalized to all the Illyrian tribes speaking the same idiom. [15] The process was similar to the spread of the name Illyrians from a small group of people on the Adriatic coast, the Illyrioi .
The southwestern part of the country is rich in petroleum, and natural gas.Natural asphalt is mined near Selenicë. [7]Four main ethnographic regions traditionally compose Southern Albania: Myzeqeja, Toskëria, Labëria, and Chamëria. [8]
The administrative divisions of Albania comprise 12 counties, 61 municipalities, 373 administrative units, and 2,972 villages.Since its 1912 Declaration of Independence, Albania has reorganized its domestic administrative divisions 21 times.