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In their own language, some groups in the north-west are reported to use the term Shqip (Albanian language) to refer to their own language as well as to that of Albanian nationals, and this has sometimes been interpreted as implying that they are ethnically Albanians. [21] The Arvanitika of southern Greece is richly sub-divided into local dialects.
Graeco-Albanian language, also refered to as Greek Albanian or Arvanite, refers to languages and dialects spoken by Albanophone Greeks. It may refer to: Cham, a variety of Tosk Albanian spoken in the region known as Chameria; Arvanitika, a more derived variant spoken by Arvanites in Greece, chiefly the Peloponnese, Attica and Boetia
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.
According to linguist Lucien van Beek – the author of the chapter "Greek" in the book The Indo-European Language Family by Thomas Olander (ed., 2022) – a number of potential Greek and Albanian common innovations adduced by Hyllested and Joseph in the chapter "Albanian" in the same book "can or must be dated later than Proto-Greek", concluding that he is "not convinced of a close genetic ...
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Fara (Greek: φάρα, means "seed", "descendants" in Albanian, [80] from Proto-Albanian *pʰarā [81]) is a descent model, similar to the Albanian tribal system of fis. Arvanites were organised in phares (φάρες) mostly during the reign of the Ottoman Empire .
The Greeks in Albania are ethnic Greeks who live in or originate from areas within modern Albania.They form the largest minority group in the country. They are mostly concentrated in the south of the country, in the areas of the northern part of the historical region of Epirus, in parts of Vlorë County, [3] Gjirokastër, Korçë, [4] and Berat County. [5]
The earliest known mention of Albanian writings comes from a French Catholic church document from 1332. [10] [11] Written either by archbishop Guillaume Adam or the monk Brocardus Monacus the report notes that Licet Albanenses aliam omnino linguam a latina habeant et diversam, tamen litteram latinam habent in usu et in omnibus suis libris ("Though the Albanians have a language entirely their ...