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The Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) and their country Albania (Shqipëria) have been identified by many ethnonyms.The native endonym is Shqiptar.The name "Albanians" (Latin: Albanenses/Arbanenses) was used in medieval Greek and Latin documents that gradually entered European languages from which other similar derivative names emerged. [1]
The writers from the North of Albania used Latin letters under the influence of the Catholic Church, those from the South of Albania under the Greek Orthodox church used Greek letters, while others used Arabic letters under the influence of Islam. There were also attempts for an original Albanian alphabet in the period of 1750–1850.
The new Elifbaja shqip by Rexhep Voka in 1911. The Elifba alphabet (Albanian: Elifbaja, from Ottoman Turkish: الفبا, romanized: Elifbâ, Elifba Albanian: ئەلیفبایا ئارابۋ-شكېپ) was the main writing system for the Albanian language during the time of the Ottoman Empire from 14th century to 1911.
The language is spoken by approximately 6 million people in the Balkans, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. [1] However, due to old communities in Italy and the large Albanian diaspora, the worldwide total of speakers is much higher than in Southern Europe and numbers approximately 7.5 million.
Graffiti in the Republic of Macedonia reading "Death for Shiptars" (Macedonian: Смрт за Шиптари, romanized: Smrt za Šiptari). The term Shiptar (Serbo-Croatian Latin and Slovene: Šiptar; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Шиптар) used in Serbo-Croatian, Slovene and Macedonian is an ethnic slur, and it is also considered derogatory by Albanians when used by South Slavic ...
The indefinite form of the noun is identical in the nominative and accusative cases, being the uninflected form of the noun in the singular, and the form noted above in the plural.
The 2021 UK Census recorded 67,957 people born in Albania resident in England, with 715 people in Wales, and 142 people in Northern Ireland. [35] The number of residents of England born in Kosovo was 30,427, with 90 recorded in Wales and 60 in Northern Ireland. [35] Albania has one embassy in the UK, located in London. [36]
The Eta variant or lineage B.1.525, also called VUI-21FEB-03 [30] (previously VUI-202102/03) by Public Health England (PHE) and formerly known as UK1188, [30] 21D [75] or 20A/S:484K, [97] does not carry the same N501Y mutation found in Alpha, Beta and Gamma, but carries the same E484K-mutation as found in the Gamma, Zeta, and Beta variants, and ...