Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology
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albania - Basic Albanian Vocabulary

(E?)(L?) http://www.albania.co.uk/culture/vocab.html
Albanian is an Indo-European language and it represents a separate branch of this family on the basis of its idiosyncrasy.
The existence of Albanians and Albanian language is witnessed in the second century A.D. by the Greek geographer Ptoleme.
The name "Shqiperi" (Albania) replaced the "old" name "Arberi" (or Arbani) by the end of the XVII century, due to the new historical conditions created, and aimed at giving importance to the connection between the nation notion and the use of the Albanian language, which was by that time called "Shqip".
The first written document of the modern Albanian language is of the year 1462. The first literary book "Meshari" (Gjon Buzuku) was published in 1555, and from that time the Albanian language was greatly elaborated, especially during the period of the Albanian Renaissance, in two main dialects:

1) "Gegerisht", i.e. the dialect spoken in the Northern Albania, and
2) "Toskerisht", i.e. the dialect spoken in the Southern Albania.

The literary Albanian language has 36 letters and uses the Latin Alphabet, approved by the National Congress of Manastir in 1908.
The Albanian language is also used (written & spoken) in the parts of the Former Federative Republics of Yugoslavia ( Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia), where ethnic Albanians live.

Albanian (W3)

(E?)(L1) http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNFullDisplay?find=Albanie&place=&nation=&english=Y&subjectid=7006417
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The official language is "Albanian", which is derived from the ancient Illyrian language.
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Shqip (W3)

Shqip - Language of AL

(E?)(L?) http://www.deiaco.com/~desfayes/?p=12
(E3)(L1) http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=als
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The Albanian call their language "Shqip" (whence the adjective "Shqipëtar": "those who speak the same language"). The belief that the name means "eagle" arose from a confusion between "Shqip" the Albanian language and "shkipjë" or "shqipjë" a collective name for birds of prey (including eagles). The bird name is cognate to Albanian "shqep" = "to tear", Serbo-Croatian "shkopiti" = "to strike", a characteristic of hawks. The language name must evidently have another semantics; "shqiponj" means "I understand". "A new and more generalized ethnic and linguistic consciousness of all these people responded to this, distinguished against the foreigners as a community of men ("shqiptarë") clearly understanding each other, that is understanding each other "shqip". This adverb predominates in everyday use. There is nothing scientific in explaining "Shqipëri" as "the country of the eagle" and "shqiptarë" as "the sons of the eagle" (XHEVAT LLOSHI, 1999).

Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology AL Albanien, l'Albanie, Albania Sprache, Langue, Language Amtssprache, Langue Officielle, Official Language: Albanisch

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albania - Basic Albanian Vocabulary

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ethnologue – Languages of / Sprachen von Albania (Europe)

ethnologue - Albanian, Gheg - Language of AL

ethnologue - Albanian, Tosk - Language of AL

ethnologue - Arbanasi - Language of AL

ethnologue - Armina - Language of AL

ethnologue - Arnaut - Language of AL

ethnologue - Aromunian - Language of AL

ethnologue - Arumanian - Language of AL

ethnologue - Arumun - Language of AL

ethnologue - Camerija - Language of AL

ethnologue - Elbasan-Tirana - Language of AL

ethnologue - Geg - Language of AL

ethnologue - Gheg - Language of AL

ethnologue - Greek - Language of AL

ethnologue - Guegue - Language of AL

ethnologue - Korca - Language of AL

ethnologue - Kosove - Language of AL

ethnologue - Macedonian - Language of AL

ethnologue - Macedonian Slavic - Language of AL

ethnologue - Macedo-Rumanian - Language of AL

ethnologue - Mandrica - Language of AL

ethnologue - Montenegrin - Language of AL

ethnologue - Romani, Vlax - Language of AL

ethnologue - Romanian, Macedo - Language of AL

ethnologue - Scutari - Language of AL

ethnologue - Serbian - Language of AL

ethnologue - Ship - Language of AL

ethnologue - Shkip - Language of AL

ethnologue - Shopni - Language of AL

ethnologue - Shqiperë - Language of AL

ethnologue - Skchip - Language of AL

ethnologue - Slavic - Language of AL

ethnologue - Southern Vlax Romani - Language of AL

ethnologue - Srem - Language of AL

ethnologue - Syrmia - Language of AL

ethnologue - Tosk - Language of AL

ethnologue - Vlach - Language of AL

ethnologue - Zadar - Language of AL

ethnologue - Zhgabe - Language of AL

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Shqip - Language of AL

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Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology
AL Albanien, l'Albanie, Albania
Sprache, Langue, Language
Amtssprache, Langue Officielle, Official Language:
Albanisch