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The Article 14 of the Albanian Constitution states that "The official language in the Republic of Albania is Albanian." [2] According to the 2011 population census, 2,765,610, 98.767% of the population declared Albanian as their mother tongue ("mother tongue is defined as the first or main language spoken at home during childhood").
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.
1.2 Albanian. 1.3 Hellenic languages. 1.4 Indo-Aryan languages. 1.5 Slavic languages. ... This is a list of languages spoken in regions ruled by Balkan countries.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
Countries and territories where Albanian is an official language (5 P) D. ... Albanian-speaking people by occupation (2 C) S. Second Congress of Manastir delegates (8 P)
In Turkey, the exact numbers of the Albanian population of the country are difficult to correctly estimate. According to a 2008 report, there were approximately 1.300,000 people of Albanian descent living in Turkey. [249]
The Albanian diaspora is large and continues to grow, with Albanians now present in significant numbers in numerous countries. The phenomenon of migration from Albania is recorded since the early Middle Ages, when numerous Albanians immigrated to southern Italy and Greece to escape various socio-political difficulties and the Ottoman conquest.
Pages in category "Countries and territories where Albanian is an official language" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .