Albanians
Let an agent describe Albanians as a people using their self-designation, relay demographic, linguistic and religious information with sources, present history and contested questions such as the status of Kosovo with attribution, and describe diaspora communities with sources.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe Albanians as a people using their self-designation, relay demographic, linguistic and religious information with sources, present history and contested questions such as the status of Kosovo with attribution, and describe diaspora communities with sources.
An ethnic group native to the western Balkans who speak Albanian, an independent branch of the Indo-European languages, and call themselves Shqiptare; Albanians form the majority in Albania and Kosovo, significant communities in North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Greece, and a large diaspora in Italy, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland and elsewhere, including the historic Arberesh of Italy, with religious affiliations spanning Islam, Orthodox and Catholic Christianity and secular identities.
What it is for: Not applicable; a people.
It can be explain identity, language and religion; relay demographic figures with sources; present history and contested questions with attribution; describe diaspora communities.
Distinguishing features
Albanian language
Gheg and Tosk dialect groups
Multi-religious
Large diaspora
What it looks like
No defining physical appearance; identity is linguistic, cultural and historical.
Physical character
population: about 7-10 million people - estimates vary; about 2.4 million in Albania
How it is recognised
Albanian-speaking people of the western Balkans
Self-designation Shqiptare
Citizens of Albania of other ethnicities and other Balkan peoples are distinct
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
speaks - the language
is the majority in - the nation state
is related to - where Albanians form the majority
In practice
Families and kinds
Albanians in Albania
Albanians in Kosovo
Albanians in North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Greece
Arberesh of Italy and Arvanites of Greece as historic communities
diaspora in Turkey, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Finland and elsewhere
historical groups such as the muhaxhir migrants of the nineteenth century
Standards and regulation
Minority rights frameworks in countries of residence
Citizenship and diaspora laws of Albania and Kosovo
Census standards for ethnicity
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting contested political questions as settled
Unsourced population figures
Stereotyping
Conflating citizenship with ethnicity
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Who Albanians are.
Self-designation.
Definition
Identity and names.
Definition
Definition.
- Who are Albanians, and what names do they use for themselves? definition
- Is the question about ethnicity or citizenship of Albania? boundary
Language and religion
Language and religion.
Language
Language.
- What are the Albanian language and its dialects, and how are religious affiliations distributed, with sources? provenance
- Which entry fits the Albanian language? action
Distribution Where they live.
Sources.
Population
Population.
Population
Population.
- How many Albanians live in each country, and how are figures estimated? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Diaspora
Diaspora.
Diaspora
Diaspora.
- Where are diaspora and historic communities, and how did they form? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific community? action
History History.
Attribution.
Past
History.
Past
Past.
- How did Albanians develop as a people, from origins debates through Ottoman rule to the national awakening and independence? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Contested
Contested questions.
Contested
Contested.
- How do sources present the status of Kosovo and other contested questions, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Culture Culture and rights.
Context.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What are notable features of Albanian culture, such as the besa code, music and literature? provenance
- Which entry fits Albanian culture? action
Rights
Minority rights.
Rights
Rights.
- What protections do Albanian minorities have in neighbouring countries, and what do rights bodies report? provenance
- Which entry fits minority rights? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Arberesh and Arvanites be separate entries?
- How should census sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases for diaspora and historical groups; should they be split off?