Albanians
Shqipëria's native population
Albanians are the people of Albania, a small country on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, or people of Albanian descent.
The term also describes the Albanian language, culture, or national character: Albanian cuisine, the Albanian diaspora.
Large Albanian populations live in Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro, as well as emigrant communities worldwide.
Scattered population sharing origins
- KosovoPartially recognized Balkan state
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- minoritySmaller part of whole
- expatriatesPeople living outside homeland
Arbëreshë · emigrants · ancestry · descendants · autochthonous · indigenous · demographics · population
Partially recognized Balkan state
- MacedoniaAncient realm, modern nation
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
Ottoman · Byzantine · Illyria · Yugoslavia · Balkans · Adriatic · Thessaloniki · Skopje
Anise-flavored Turkish spirit
- eagleLarge predatory bird
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- weddingsMarriage celebration events
- blood feudInherited cycle of retribution
Albania's governmental seat
Regional language variations
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
vocabulary · bilingualism · loanwords · orthography · etymology · grammar · pronunciation
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- KosovoPartially recognized Balkan state
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- minoritySmaller part of whole
Arbëreshë · expatriates · emigrants · ancestry · descendants · autochthonous · indigenous · demographics · population · enclave
Kosovo
Partially recognized Balkan state
- MacedoniaAncient realm, modern nation
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
Serbia · Ottoman · Byzantine · Illyria · Yugoslavia · Balkans · Adriatic · Thessaloniki · Skopje · Mediterranean
raki
Anise-flavored Turkish spirit
- eagleLarge predatory bird
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- weddingsMarriage celebration events
Tirana
Albania's governmental seat
dialects
Regional language variations
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
syntax · vocabulary · bilingualism · loanwords · orthography · etymology · grammar · pronunciation
- Balkan PeoplesSerbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Bulgarians, Greeks
- KosovoPristina, Kosovar, anthem, memorials, cultural sites
- European peoplesGermans, Italians, Greeks, French, Poles
- Balkan cultureSerbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins
- Eastern EuropeansRussians, Poles, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Czechs
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
AlbaniansSerbs
Balkan ethnic group
Greeks · Macedonians · Montenegrins · Bulgarians · Romanians
- Caucasian AlbaniaAncient eastern Transcaucasian polity