Albanian language

Indo-European language, spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro

thumb|260px|Excerpt from Meshari by Gjon Buzuku. Meshari (Albanian for "Missal") is the oldest published book in Albanian. The book was written by Gjon Buzuku, a Catholic cleric in 1555. The book contains 188 pages and is written in two columns. Meshari is the translation of the main parts of the Catholic Liturgy into Albanian. It contains the liturgies of the main religious holidays of the year, comments from the book of prayers, excerpts from the Bible as well as excerpts from the ritual and catechism. It was written to help Christians pray daily religious services. The only original known c

one-time academic conference held in the city of Monastir with the goal of standardizing the Albanian alphabet

thumb|Albanian folk dance from Civita, Calabria|Civita, [[Calabria, Italy]] Albanology, also known as Albanian studies, is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the language, costume, literature, art, culture and history of Albanians. Within the studies the scientific methods of literature, linguistics, archeology, history and culture are used. However the Albanian language is the main point of research of the studies.

Latin-script digraph

variant of Latin alphabet used to write the Albanian language

reconstructed ancestor of the Albanian languages

Shqiptar (; ; plural: Shqiptarë/-t, Shqyptarë/-t) is an Albanian ethnonym (endonym), by which Albanians call themselves. They call their country (). It has gradually replaced the Old Albanian endonym Arbënesh/Arbëresh after the Middle Ages in the western Balkans.

Greek Orthodox cleric

Braille alphabet of the Albanian language

event held in Tirana in 1972; established Albanian orthography still in use today

oldest written attestation of Albanian