Also Known As:
Italo-Albanian, Albanian, Arber, Arbresh, Arnaut, Škip, Shqipēri, Shquipni, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arbëreshë, Albanesisch, Albanian, Arbëreshë
Dialects & Varieties
- Sicilian Albanian
- Central Mountain Albanian
- Campo Marino Albanian
- Calabrian Albanian
Recent Resources
a selection of everyday phrases in Palermitan Arberesh of Piana degli Albanesi
Poem by Tommaso Campera
Manuscript from the Parochial Archives at S. Nicolò di Mira, in Mezzojuso, Italy, 1818
Vulnerable
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Moseley, Christopher. 2005. "Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages." RoutledgeCurzon.
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Moseley, Christopher. 2005. "Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages." RoutledgeCurzon.