Arbëresh: The Albanian Diaspora that Preserved a Medieval Language | Wikitongues Fellows #2

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Martin Di Maggio is a second generation British speaker of Arbëresh, being the only member of his generation, whom he knows of, born in the diaspora who can speak the language fluently. Arbëresh is an Indo-European, Albanian language with an estimated 100,000 speakers. However, the exact number is unclear: although Arbëresh is a part of the Albanian language family, a majority of Arbëresh live in Italy, where the national census does not collect data on minoritized languages.

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