Albanians
The Albanians are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, and Serbia, as well as in Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and other continents.
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The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, and form the majority population in Albania and Kosovo. They also live throughout neighboring Balkan countries and have established communities across Europe and beyond, making them an important diaspora population in the region and globally.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.pop32
- 101
- Ethnic group.pop33
- 9
- Ethnic group.pop34
- 11,315
- Ethnic group.group
- Albanians
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- Map of the Albanian Diaspora in the World.svg
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- sq
- Ethnic group.pop
- 7 to 10 million
- Ethnic group.popplace
- 2,182,917 (2023) 1,454,963 (2024)
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- Other regions
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 970,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 500,000–600,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 446,245
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37 sectionsContents
- Ethnonym
- Historical records
- Language
- History
- Late Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman Empire
- Albanian Renaissance
- Communism in Albania
- Independence of Kosovo
- Distribution
- Balkans
- Italy
- Greece
- Diaspora
- Europe
- Asia and Africa
- Americas and Oceania
- Culture
- Traditions
- Tribal social structure
- Kanun
- Besa
- Cuisine
- Visual arts
- Painting
- Literature
- Performing arts
- Apparel
- Music
- Religion
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Cited sources
- External links
The Albanians are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, and Serbia, as well as in Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and other continents.
The language of the Albanians is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. Albanians have a western Paleo-Balkanic origin, and, for geographic and historical reasons, most scholars maintain that they descend at least partially from the Illyrians, but the question of which other Paleo-Balkan group(s) contributed to the ethnogenesis of the Albanians is still a subject of academic debate.
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