The Albanian language is amongst the oldest in Europe and even in the world. As can be seen from the Language Tree, the Albanian language stems from the Indo-European trunk and goes on its own as a distinctive off-shoot of the European Languages branch.

Albanian language

Since Albanians belong to the white race, we only include white non-Albanian residents in the comparison group.

The German historian Gottfried Schramm (1994) suggests an origin of the Albanians in the Bessoi, a non-Romanized Thracian tribe that lived in the mountain regions of Dacia Mediterranea and Dardania, located in southern Serbia, Kosovo and north-western North Macedonia, and was Christianized as early as during the 4th …

With a share of around 98%, it is most widespread in Albania. A total of about 5.3 m people worldwide speak Albanian as their mother tongue….Albanian speaking countries.

• Now linguists consider Albanian most related to the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages:
• Since the most conservative Germanic language (the one which is closer to Proto-Germanic) is Icelandic, I would speculate that it is Icelandic which is the most close language to Albanian.
• Update.

Russian is more complicated because of its grammar and rules, different pronounciation and other things while Albanian is hard because a) it doesn’t share its features with other languages b) comparing number of native speakers, Russian has more of them and because 300 milion people speak it, there are more available …

The earliest traces of written Albanian date from religious fragments found in the fifteenth century. Since 1908 Albanian has been based on the Latin alphabet, but before that the same language could be and was written in 4alphabets: Latin, Greek, Turkish Arabic and Cyrillic (96).

Neither. All languages (except pidgins and creoles) have the same age assuming that language originated at one place and time a couple hundred thousand years ago. The written record of Latin is much older than the written record of Albanian.

The Albanians established the autonomous Principality of Arbër in the 12th century. The Kingdom of Albania and Principality of Albania formed between the 13th and 14th centuries….Albania.

Whereas, the Albanian language is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, half of Macedonia and it is an independent branch within the Indo-European languages, and as such it is unique and it is not closely related to Russian language or any other Indo-European language.

albanian language its 4000 years older than serbian language in balcan peninsula.. So …. just no comment!

Nestled between northern Greece and the azure waters of Italy, Albania should be a tourist mecca. With a fascinating history, natural beauty, to-die-for Mediterranean cuisine, and a bundle of eccentricity, Shqipëri, as Albania is known in its native tongue, is Europe’s unpolished diamond.

It is a safe country Albania is one of the least dangerous places in Europe. The country does lie in an earthquake zone, and a 6.4-magnitude quake in 2019 killed 51 people. The epicentre was in Mamurras, in the northwest of the country, with tremors felt in Tirana.

Albania became the first officially atheist country in the world in 1967. Its ruler, Enver Hoxha, ordered all churches and mosques demolished or converted into sports arenas, warehouses or other secular facilities.

Biography. Mane was born in the southern Albanian city of Korça on 24 December 1967. Mane’s net worth is estimated to be around 700 million euros. According to Wealth-X, Samir Mane is the first Albanian billionaire.

The country’s transition from a communist regime to a free market in a democratic republic has disrupted economic growth and has caused high levels of poverty. Albanians face poor public services and inaccessible social services. Many citizens who do not face poverty in terms of income still are threatened by it.

2.4 billion USD (2021)

Poverty Rate: Thirty-four percent of Albanians live in poverty. The current poverty rate represents a significant increase compared to 2002 when 11 percent of Albanians lived in poverty. Extreme Poverty Rate: Currently, 5.8 percent of Albanians live in extreme poverty. This means they make less than $1.90 per day.

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Albania has transformed from one of the poorest countries in Europe to an upper-middle-income country. The country is implementing important reforms to revitalize growth and job creation, while advancing the European Union integration agenda.

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