Is Corfu part of Albania?

Protocol of Corfu

Is Corfu Greek or Albania?

Corfu, [70] known also as Kerkyra, is the northernmost of the Ionian Islands in Greece. Located off of the far northwest coast of the country, Corfu lies in the Ionian sea, east of Italy and southwest of Albania. Historically Corfu has been controlled by many foreign powers, notably the Venetians, French, and British.

Is Corfu Albanian or Greek?

listen)) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered by three municipalities with the islands of Othonoi, Ereikoussa, and Mathraki.

How many Albanians live in Epirus?

Questions arose over the size of the Greek minority, with the Albanian government claiming 16,000, and the League of Nations estimating it at 35,000-40,000.

How many arvanites are there?

The last official census figures available come from 1951. Since then, estimates of the numbers of Arvanites has ranged from 25,000 to 200,000.

Are the Arvanites Greeks or Albanians?

Because of this and the religious ties to Greek Orthodox Christianity, the Arvanites today self-identify as Greeks [2] [3] [4] as the result of a process of assimilation, and do not consider themselves to belong to Albania or the Albanian nation. [5] They call themselves Arvanites (in Greek) and Arbëror (in their language).

What is the difference between Arvanites and Alvani?

In the 19th and early 20th century, Alvani (Albanians) was used predominantly in formal registers and Arvanites (Αρβανίτες) in the more popular speech in Greek, but both were used indiscriminately for both Muslim and Christian Albanophones inside and outside Greece.

What does Tosk Albana stand for?

Tosk Albanian (Albanian: toskë or toskërisht) is the southern dialect group of the Albanian language, spoken by the ethnographic group known as Tosks.

What does Arvanites stand for?

Arvanites ( Greek: Αρβανίτες, Arvanítes; Arvanitika: Arbëreshë / Αρbε̰ρεσ̈ε̰ or Arbërorë) are a bilingual population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek.