ДЕЧКИ АЈ ДОСТА.... Нема прашање за оваа тема... Знаши Албанците се стварно лист народ, и ви е криво шо ќе ви ја земат државата, али ке го остаиме тоа...!!
Кога се зборува за факти ќе кажам нешто ---> Врти се кај сакаш ќе ти испадне дека Албанците се ств. Илири а тоа нема врска со името... Порано и Италија се викала Рим.... И что сеа Италијанците треба Римјани да се викаат... Пфф глупости... Ај ќе ви дадам нешто:
The
Albanian people (
Albanian:
Shqiptarët), from southeast Europe, live in
Albania and neighbouring countries and speak the
Albanian language. About half of Albanians live in
Albania, with other large groups residing in
Kosovo[a], the
Republic of Macedonia,
Serbia, and
Montenegro. There are also Albanian minorities and immigrant communities in a number of other countries (
Turkey,
Greece and
Italy).
Albanians are the descendants of a
Paleo-Balkans people, the ancient
Illyrians or maybe the
Thracians and
Dacians. Scholarly opinion is divided on specifics. Names similar to the ones used to describe the Albanians, albeit much later, were used in the 2nd century
BCE by
Polybius (
Arbanios, Arbanitai with their city
Arbon), the 1st century
CE by
Pliny (
Olbonensis), and the 2nd century
CE by geographer and astronomer
Ptolemy (
Albanoi), to describe an Illyrian tribe situated in what is now Central Albania with Albanopolis as their main city.
The ethnonym applied to the people now known as Albanians is first attested from the 11th century (e.g.
Anna Komnene,
Alexiad 4.8.4), although such a nominal connection does not prove an actual link to the Illyrian tribe. The first reference to a
lingua albanesca dates to the later 13th century.
Due to the high rate of migration of various ethnic groups throughout the
Balkans in the last two decades, exact figures are difficult to obtain. A tenuous breakdown of Albanians by location is as follows:
Approximately 6 million Albanians are to be found within the Balkan peninsula with only about half this number residing in Albania and the other divided between
Kosovo,
Montenegro, the
Republic of Macedonia,
Greece and to a much smaller extent
Bosnia,
Croatia,
Slovenia and
Romania. Approximately 1,5 million are dispersed throughout the rest of Europe, most of these in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy (the majority having arrived since 1991, but also older populations of
Arbëreshë), Austria and France.
Greece
Albanians in
Greece are divided into different groupings, due to distinct historical waves of migration. The first comprises the
Chams, a group of ethnic Albanians who originally resided in areas of Greek
Epirus but today live mainly in Albania,
Turkey and
United States. Chams speak the Albanian language and are predominantly
Muslim. The designation of the
Orthodox Christian Albanophone minority of Epirus as Chams is controversial[
citation needed], as most prefer to identify as
Arvanites[
citation needed]. The Arvanites are descendants of Albanian immigrants from the 11th to the 15th century that have been largely assimilated by the dominant
Greek-speaking population and generally self-identify as
Greeks. They reside mainly in
Attica,
Euboea and
Morea. Finally,
Albanian nationals who entered Greece during the 1990s, mainly as illegal immigrants, comprise the largest single expatriate group in the country. According to the 2001 census, there were 481,663 holders of Albanian citizenship in Greece.
[37] The
Watson Institute raised this number to 600,000 Albanians in Greece in 2008.
At the end of
World War II, nearly all Muslim Chams in
Greece were expelled to
Albania. They were accused by
EDES for having collaborated with
occupation forces. Indeed, several hundred Chams had collaborated with the
Axis Powers, as part of the
Balli Kombëtar. However, approximately the same amount of Muslim Chams provided military support to the Greek resistance forces of the
ELAS (Greek People's Liberation Army), while the rest were civilians uninvolved in the war.
[39][40] Since the war, no criminal of Cham origin was ever brought to trial.
[41]
According to Miranda Vickers,
Greek Orthodox Chams remained in Greece, but have suffered from assimilation and public suppression of their Albanian heritage and language.
Both the
Kosovo and the western regions of the
Republic of Macedonia have in recent years seen armed movements (
Kosovo Liberation Army,
UCPMB,
Macedonian NLA) aiming either for independence, greater autonomy, or increased political rights. Further clashes were also reported in the
Preševo Valley during the period between 2000 to 2001 (in the lead-up to the Macedonian conflict).
In February 2008, the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government, an assembly under
UNMIK, declared Kosovo's independence as the Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Republika e Kosovës). Its independence is recognized by some countries and opposed by others, including the Republic of Serbia, which continues to claim sovereignty over it as the
Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.
The conflict in the Republic of Macedonia seems to have calmed down. It was resolved by the Macedonian government giving the Albanian minority a greater role in the government and the right to use the
Albanian language in areas where the Albanians form a majority.
It is worth mentioning here that rights to use the
Albanian language in education and government were given and guaranteed by the Constitution of
SFRY and were widely utilized in Serbia, Macedonia, and in Montenegro long before
Dissolution of Yugoslavia. The only thing that changed in that matter is that before NATO intervention in 1999, there were information services and news ("Dnevnik") broadcaster in
Albanian language on the Serbian National Radio and Television, RTS.
According to a 2008 report prepared for the National Security Council of Turkey by academics of three Turkish universities in eastern Anatolia, there were approximately 1,300,000 Albanians living in Turkey.
[43] Most of these people are assimilated into Turkish nation, and consider themselves Turkish rather than Albanian.
Americas: In the United States the number reaches 500,000 according to the latest
2006 US Census, while in
Canada approximately 15,000 as of the 2001 census.
Oceania: In Australia and New Zealand 12,000 in total. Africa: In Egypt there are 18,000 Albanians, mostly Tosk speakers. Many are descendants of the soldiers of
Mehmet Ali. A large part of the former nobility of Egypt was Albanian in origin. A small community also resides in South Africa.
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