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Albania: Ethnic Albanians
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The country’s rugged and inaccessible terrain has traditionally isolated Albania from its neighbors... helping to preserve its ethnic homogeneity. About 90% of the population is ethnic Albanian, less than 10% is Greek, and there are scattered Vlach, Gypsy, Serb, Macedonian, and Bulgarian minorities. Many ethnic Albanians also live in the Kosovo region of Serbia, with which there has long been a border dispute and where the drive for Albanian autonomy or independence from Serbia is pronounced. Some 70% of the people are Muslim, about 20% are Albanian Orthodox, and 10% Roman Catholic. From 1967 to 1990 all mosques and churches were closed, and Albania was officially considered to be an atheist country. Albanian is an Indo-European language.
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The 98% of the population are ethnic Albanians who are mostly Muslim (see Religion in Albania). The 2% minorities include Greeks, Serbs, Macedonians, Bulgarians, Roma (Gypsies), Egyptians (Balkans), Vlach and Italians. The dominant language is Albanian, with two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk. Many Albanians are ... fluent in English, Greek, Italian and French.
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