Arbëreshë

Facts

  • Language: Arbëreshë
  • Alternate names: Italo-Albanian, Albanian, Arber, Arbresh, Arnaut, Škip, Shqipēri, Shquipni, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arbëreshë, Albanesisch, Albanian, Arbëreshë
  • Language code: aae
  • Language family: Indo-European, Albanian, Tosk (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <100,000
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Greek script, no longer in use. Latin script.

More information:

    Descendants of 15th century mercenaries and refugees from the Ottoman invasion. Christian.

    Outlying dialect of (Tosk) Albanian (Moseley, 2005)