Languages
Scripture Status
- no Scripture
- Bible
- New Testament
- Portions
Albanian, Tosk
- Alternate names: Arnaut, Shkip, Shqip, Shqiperë, Skchip, Tosk, Zhgabe Also: in Greece -- Arvanitika, Camerija, Shqip; in Turkey -- Shqip
- Scriptures published: Bible (1993) New Testament (1827--2007) Portions (1824--1914)
- Literacy: Taught in primary schools
- Primary country: Albania
- Region: South of the Shkumbin river
- Also used in: Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United States
- Religion: Muslim, Christian
- Livelihood: Peasant agriculturalists; animal husbandry: sheep; petroleum workers
- Status: Statutory national language in Albania
- Number of users: 3,108,200 (2,900,000; 10,000; 15,000)
(data from Ethnologue and other sources)
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