Albanians

E30385

ethnic group nation

Albanians are a South Slavic-influenced but distinct ethnic group native to the western Balkans, primarily associated with Albania and Kosovo, with their own Albanian language and cultural traditions.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → nation →
associatedAncientPeoples	Illyrians → Thracians →
countryOfEthnogenesis	Albania → Kosovo →
culturalRegion	Albanian Alps → Gheg region → Tosk region →
dialect	Gheg Albanian → Tosk Albanian →
diaspora	Albanian diaspora →
ethnonym	Albanians →
flag	Flag of Albania →
language	Albanian language →
languageBranch	Albanian branch of Indo-European →
majorityIn	Republic of Albania → Republic of Kosovo →
nativeTo	Balkans → western Balkans →
primaryCountry	Albania → Kosovo →
primaryLanguageFamily	Indo-European languages →
recognizedMinorityIn	Montenegro → North Macedonia → Serbia →
regionOfOrigin	Illyria →
religion	Bektashi order → Eastern Orthodoxy → Islam → Roman Catholicism → Sunni Islam → agnosticism → atheism →
selfDesignation	Shqiptarë →
significantPopulationIn	Germany → Greece → Italy → Montenegro → North Macedonia → Serbia → Switzerland → Turkey → United States →
symbol	double-headed eagle →
traditionalClothing	fustanella → qeleshe →
traditionalDance	valle →
traditionalLaw	Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini →
traditionalMusic	iso-polyphony →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Balkans → Islamic world ("Albanian Muslims") → Socialist Republic of Montenegro → Yugoslavia →	hasEthnicGroup
Enver Hoxha → Hashim Thaçi →	ethnicGroup
Bojaxhiu → Tosk →	usedByEthnicGroup
Yugoslav Wars ("Kosovo Albanians") →	countryInvolved
Kosovo →	ethnicMajority
Albanians →	ethnonym
Illyrians ("Albanians (hypothesized)") →	possibleDescendants
Albanians ("Shqiptarë") →	selfDesignation