Albanian (endonym: shqip or gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ]) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. With about 7.5 million speakers, it comprises an independent branch within the Indo-European languages and is not closely related to any other Indo …

Arvanitika (/ ˌ ɑːr v ə ˈ n ɪ t ɪ k ə /; Arvanitika: αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ, romanized: arbërisht; Greek: αρβανίτικα, romanized: arvanítika), also known as Arvanitic, is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece.Arvanitika is today endangered, as its speakers have been shifting to the use of Greek and most younger members of ...