Albanians

/ælˈbeɪniənz/ noun

Definition

People from Albania, a country in southeastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula, or people of Albanian heritage and descent.

Etymology

From Albania, the country name, which comes from the ancient Illyrian word 'Arber' or 'Arberor'; the modern Albanian language is a distinct Indo-European language with roots going back thousands of years.

Kelly Says

Albanian is the only surviving language from a completely separate branch of Indo-European languages, making it linguistically as unique to Europe as Basque—it's like discovering a living fossil of ancient language families.

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