Albanians

The Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) is a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and Kosovo, who speak Albanian language as their mother tongue.

Albanians share a common ancestry, culture and history, majority are Muslims, Bektashi, and Catholics and Orthodox Christianity. There National Hero is Skanderbeg. In the Ottoman Empire, Albanian Men were mostly represented in high ranks, like Muhammad Ali Pasha or Ali Pasha and the Köprülü family. The Albanian Dynasty House of Zogu, was founded by King Zog I of Albania. Muslim Albanian boys get circumcised with a sünnet-ceremony, this was taken at the time of the Ottoman Empire

Albanians Media

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  The dialects of the Albanian language in Southern Europe

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  Classification of Albanian in the Paleo-Balkanic branch as suggested by Brian D. Joseph and Adam Hyllested in "The Indo-European Language Family"(2022).

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  Glass necklace, 7th – 8th century, Shurdhah

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  The city of Krujë served as the royal seat of the Principality of Arbanon and later as the noble residence of the Kastrioti family.

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  Albanian pashaliks in 1815–1821.

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  Naum Veqilharxhi was one of the earliest figures of the early Albanian Renaissance.

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  Naim Frashëri was a well known rilindas and is considered to be the pioneer of modern Albanian literature.

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  Albanian partisans, with their leader Enver Hoxha in the center, after the liberation of Tirana on November 17, 1944.

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  Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War.