(gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ] or shqip [ʃcip]) is an Indo-
European language spoken by approximately 7.4 million
people all over the world, primarily
in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of
the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population,
including western Republic of Macedonia,
southern Montenegro, Greece and Italy. Albanian is also
spoken in centuries-old Albanian-based dialect speaking
communities scattered in southern Greece,
southern Italy, Sicily, and Ukraine.Additionally, speakers
of Albanian can be found elsewhere throughout the latter
two countries resulting from a modern diaspora,
originating from the Balkans, that also
includes Scandinavia, Switzerland, Germany, United
Kingdom,Turkey, Australia, New
Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore, Brazil, Canada, and
the United States.