This video is all about the Albanian language! Shqip!
Special thanks to Erbi for his feedback and audio samples, as well as Fabio Beta for his additional samples and feedback. And thanks to the other Albanian speakers who answered all my questions, including Ertjan Arapi, Dritëro Ferri, and Gabriel Ruta.
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Major sources include:
Discovering Albanian 1, by Linda MĂ«niku and HĂ©ctor Campos.
Colloquial Albanian: The Complete Course for Beginners
By Linda MĂ«niku, HĂ©ctor Campos
Kapia, Enkeleida (2010). The role of syntax and pragmatics in the structure and acquisition of clitic doubling in Albanian. Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University.
Discussion points based on the above dissertation:
ling-blogs.bu.edu/lx500a1s10/files/2010/02/lx500ac⊠âAlbanianâ by Alexander Rusakov. Found in âThe Indo-European Languages,â edited by Mate KapoviÄ, Anna Giacalone Ramat, Paolo Ramat. Page 552-600.
âThe Albanian Tense Systemâ by Jean-Louis Duchet. Found in âTense Systems in European Languages II,â edited by Rolf Thieroff.
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commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Idiomas_y_dialectoâŠ. Author: Fobos92.
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commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20130421131537!SlaâŠ. Author: Idemar.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tribes_in_Illyria_âŠ. Author: MaryroseB54.
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Music
Intro: "Early Riser" by Kevin MacLeod. Used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
incompetech.com/ Body: âSunset Driveâ by South London Hi-Fi
Outro: âGroovy Hip Hopâ by Bensound.com
@liriani
4 years ago
I swear we Albanians aren't dead inside when we talk.
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