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Toponyms that evolved through Proto-Albanian phonetic changes in late antiquity (in bold those that were also loaned to South Slavic after antiquity): [57] 0 Drin; 1 Nish; 2 Shkodër; 3 Shkup; 4 Sharr; 5 Ulkin; 6 L(j)esh; 7 Shtip; 8 Mat; 9 Ishëm; 10 Durrës; 11 Vlonë. 12 Oh(ë)r(id) (city and lake) from its ancient form required an early long ...
In classical antiquity Proto-Albanian was spoken in the central-western part of the Balkan Peninsula, to the north and west of the Ancient Greeks, as shown by early Doric Greek (West Greek) and Ancient Macedonian loanwords that were treated with characteristic Albanian features, by classical place names exclusively observing Albanian accent and ...
Albanology, also known as Albanian studies, is an interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the language, costume, literature, art, culture and history of Albanians. Within the studies the scientific methods of literature, linguistics, archeology, history and culture are used.
The main objective of its scientific-research work is the Albanian language and literature. In the field of linguistics , the institute focuses on studying the Albanian dialects , their current status and historical transgression, compilation of scientific grammars, technical terminology dictionaries , study on standard Albanian language ...
Gjon Buzuku (c. 1499 – c. 1577) was an Albanian Catholic priest and a prominent Old Albanian author, who wrote the first known printed book in Albanian.Commonly referred to as the Missal, this book is considered an important monument of Albanian studies, being the oldest source for studying the Albanian language.
Albanoid' is also used to explain Albanian-like pre-Romance features found in Eastern Romance languages. [4] The term 'Albanoid' for the IE subfamily of Albanian was firstly introduced by Indo-European historical linguist Eric Pratt Hamp (1920 – 2019), [11] and thereafter adopted by a series of linguists. [12] A variant term is 'Albanic'. [13]
Biberaj, Elez – Albania and China: A Study of an Unequal Alliance. [6] Brewer, Bob – My Albania: Ground Zero. [7] [8] [9] Demiraj, Bardhyl, ed. (2024). The Albanian Language Area and its Surroundings from Late Antiquity to the High Middle Ages: Proceedings of the 7th German-Albanian Cultural Studies Conference (21.-22.
During the Italian occupation, Albania's population was subject to a policy of forced Italianization by the kingdom's Italian governors, in which the use of the Albanian language was discouraged in schools while the Italian language was promoted. At the same time, the colonization of Albania by Italians was encouraged.