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Ashkali


Total population
unknown
Regions with significant populations
Kosovo Albania Montenegro Serbia
Languages
Albanian language
Religions
Predominantly Islam. This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation.
Related ethnic groups
Roma and other Indo-Aryan peoples

Ashkali (also Aschkali, Hashkali, Aškalije (Ашкалије), Haškalije (Хашкалије)) are an Albanian language speaking ethnic minority of Kosovo and Albania. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics.

Their origin is disputed. Ashkali are often regarded as Albanized Roma, but some think they are descendants of Turks or Egyptians. Albanisation (or Albanization, Albanianisation, Albanianization) is a term used to describe a cultural change in which something ethnically non- Albanian The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins The Turkic peoples are Eurasian peoples residing in northern central and western Eurasia who speak languages belonging to the Turkic language family Balkan Egyptians or simply Egyptians (Egjiptian Египћани Egipćani or Ђупци Đupci; Египќанци Egipkjanci or Ѓупци Ashkali have similar culture to both Roma and Albanians. } Albanians (Shqiptarët are an Ethnic group and a Nation, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture speaking the Albanian language There is a theory that Ashkali are descendants of Roma who are said to have come to the Balkans from Palestine (their name deriving from Ashkelon, a city in Israel). Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Ashkelon (אַשְׁקְלוֹן ٲشكلون also عسقلان; Latin: Ascalon; Akkadian: Isqalluna is a coastal city in southern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.

More certain is the actual basis for the Ashkali's continued existence as a modern ethnic group. Though it is certain that their ancestors originated outside the Balkans, the population speak Albanian as a first language. Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - As the loss of language has scathed their identity, it is their lifestyle and custom and sense of community which has prevented them from fully assimilating the Albanian and Slavic nations who surround them.

In Kosovo Ashkali seem to have aligned with Albanians before and during the Kosovo War. The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts in Kosovo: 1996–1999 However, there were reports of mass expulsion of Ashkali along with Roma from Kosovo that took place after the war^[1]. Many Ashkali refugees settled in Central Serbia and Vojvodina. Political status The region of Central Serbia is not an administrative division of Serbia as such it is under the direct jurisdiction of the republic authorities The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Hungarian: Vajdaság

References

^ Memorandum of the Society for Threatened People on the Issue of Lead Poisoning of Roma in IDP Camps in Kosovo, GFBV.

References

See also

Ashkali organizations and institutions