Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) are an ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. In the context of an ethnicity, they are commonly referred to as ethnic Albanians to distinguish the group from the use of the term Albanians as referring to citizens of Albania. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo. The Albanian diaspora also exists in a number of other countries.
While the exonym Albania for the general region inhabited by the Albanians does hark back to Classical Antiquity, the name was lost within the Albanian language, the Albanian endonym being shqiptar, from the term for the Albanian language, shqip, a derivation of the verb shqiptoj "to utilize a correct Albanian pronunciation ". This theory pertains to Hahn and it holds that perhaps the word is ultimately a loan from Latin excipio. Thus, the Albanian endonym, like Slav and others, is in origin a term for "those who speak [intelligibly, the same language]". However another plausible theory has been advanced by Maximilian Lambertz to explain the endonym as derived from the Albanian noun shqype or shqiponjë (eagle), which, according to Albanian folk etymology, denoted a bird totem dating from the times of Skanderbeg, as displayed on the Albanian flag.
This is a list of historical and living Albanians (ethnic Albanian people or people of full or partial Albanian ancestry) who are famous or notable, sorted by occupation and name.
Shit Albanians Say
What Albanians are like
Why Do Serbia and Albania Hate Each Other?
Jews saved by Albanians
Symposium: Where did the Albanian language & the Albanians come from? (10 November 2012, Leiden)
Albanians in picnic
dumb albanians
Putin - I have Respect to the Kosovo Albanians - 2015
Who are the Albanians. NEW. 2015
Famous Albanians - Albanian Celebrities
Who are the Albanians? - Hans van den Berg (07-12-2010, Utrecht)
Vlog 01 Albanians in NYC
Turkish provocation by Albanians || Albania vs Armenia
Albania-Serbia Football Fight: Albanians back team after Serbia game abandoned
Shit Albanians Say
What Albanians are like
Why Do Serbia and Albania Hate Each Other?
Jews saved by Albanians
Symposium: Where did the Albanian language & the Albanians come from? (10 November 2012, Leiden)
Albanians in picnic
dumb albanians
Putin - I have Respect to the Kosovo Albanians - 2015
Who are the Albanians. NEW. 2015
Famous Albanians - Albanian Celebrities
Who are the Albanians? - Hans van den Berg (07-12-2010, Utrecht)
Vlog 01 Albanians in NYC
Turkish provocation by Albanians || Albania vs Armenia
Albania-Serbia Football Fight: Albanians back team after Serbia game abandoned
Albanians Be Like
Best Albanian Vines
America LOVES Albania
Albanians in USA
The Albanian Renaissance
How Albania Became Europe's Rubbish Tip
Shqiptaret e Egjyptit \ Albanians of Egypt
Europe According to Albanians (2015)
YOUNG ALBANIANS WORKING OUT (MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO)
Rita Ora speaking+teaching Albanian language
Rita Ora and Prolifik Interview. Rita Ora gets proposed by an Albanian.
Interview with Elhaida Dani (Albania 2015)
Rita Ora @ Rinora 4 - Interview in Albanian
Gastronomy, Hospitality and Tradition in Albania - Interview with chef Gjon Dukgilaj
Xhorxha and Sara Interview About Albanians
Interview Olsi Jazexhi Historical Identity of the Albanians - Shtetet I Krijojne Kombet (pjesa4)
Interview Olsi Jazexhi Historical Identity of the Albanians - Shtetet I Krijojne Kombet (PJESA 1)
Interview Olsi Jazexhi Historical Identity of the Albanians - Shtetet I Krijojne Kombet pjesa6
WITH ALBANIANS OF AMERICA-Qazim Doda:Interview with Ambassador William Walker
Liam Neeson 'Surprised' at Success of 'Taken': Actor Discusses Sequel 'Taken 2' in Interview
EuroNews - Interview - Sali Berisha, Albania's PM - No comment
Interview Olsi Jazexhi Historical Identity of the Albanians - Shtetet I Krijojne Kombet (pjesa5)
WITH ALBANIANS IN AMERICA: Qazim Doda: Interview with ambassador DiCarlo
Interview Olsi Jazexhi Historical Identity of the Albanians - Shtetet I Krijojne Kombet (pjesa2)
"WITH ALBANIANS OF AMERICA" Qazim Doda: Interview with ambassador DiCarlo
Interview Olsi Jazexhi Historical Identity of the Albanians - Shtetet I Krijojne Kombet (pjesa3)
Meet Staten Island's 'Albanian Bear'
Eliza Dushku Interview Albanian Riviera 2012
"Interview" with Ashley Wood from Albanian Voices
Albanian Dreams, Macedonian Nightmares (my responses in ENGLISH)
OFID's Partners Speak: Interview with Albanian Minister of Finance
hk in albania
EuroNews - Interview - Sali Berisha, Albania's PM - No comment
http://www.euronews.com/nocomment/ Sali Berisha is Albania's prime minister and former president who came to power by defeating the Communists. He was electe...