[ALBSA-Info] Arvanites and Albanians

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Please check out the following link if you're interested.

http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/english/reports/arvanites.html

*Athens was an Arvanite village in th 1800s
*When Turks invaded Greece about 45% of the population was Albanian speaking
*Their language is called by them Arberishte they are Arberesh 
*Some get offended if you call them Shqiptar, some have no problem (those close 
to the border with Albania)

WOW!!! What a heritage! And it's going down the tubes with stigma attached to 
Albanians, with the assimilation of many Arvanites, etc etc

Merry Christmas or Winter Solstice:)