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Where is Chameria located?
southern Albania
Chameria (Albanian: Çamëria; Greek: Τσαμουριά, Tsamouriá; Turkish: Çamlık) is a term used today mostly by Albanians for parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and Greece, traditionally associated with an Albanian speaking population called Chams.
Was there genocide in Albania?
According to an Albanian imam organization, there were around 21,000 simple graves in Kosovo where Albanians were massacred by the Serbian armies. In August and September 1913, Serbian forces destroyed 140 villages and forced 40,000 Albanians to flee….
| Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1912–1913 |
Are the Arvanites Greeks or Albanians?
Because of this and the religious ties to Greek Orthodox Christianity, the Arvanites today self-identify as Greeks [2] [3] [4] as the result of a process of assimilation, and do not consider themselves to belong to Albania or the Albanian nation. [5] They call themselves Arvanites (in Greek) and Arbëror (in their language).
What does Arvanites stand for?
Arvanites ( Greek: Αρβανίτες, Arvanítes; Arvanitika: Arbëreshë / Αρbε̰ρεσ̈ε̰ or Arbërorë) are a bilingual population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek.
Who are the Arvanites and the Arbëror?
They call themselves Arvanites (in Greek) and Arbëror (in their language). Arvanitika is in a state of attrition due to language shift towards Greek and large-scale internal migration to the cities and subsequent intermingling of the population during the 20th century.
What is the difference between Arvanites and Alvani?
In the 19th and early 20th century, Alvani (Albanians) was used predominantly in formal registers and Arvanites (Αρβανίτες) in the more popular speech in Greek, but both were used indiscriminately for both Muslim and Christian Albanophones inside and outside Greece.