The language is spoken by approximately 6 million people in the Balkans, primarily
in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece.[1] However, due
to old communities in Italy and the large Albanian diaspora, the worldwide total of
speakers is much higher than in Southern Europe and numbers approximately 7.5
million.[1][2]
Europe
The Albanian language is the official language of Albania and Kosovo and a co-
official language in North Macedonia and Montenegro.[47][48] Albanian is a
recognised minority language in Croatia, Italy, Romania and in Serbia. Albanian is
also spoken by a minority in Greece, specifically in the Thesprotia and Preveza
regional units and in a few villages in Ioannina and Florina regional units in
Greece.[38] It is also spoken by 450,000 Albanian immigrants in Greece, making it
one of the commonly spoken languages in the country after Greek.