This video is all about the Albanian language! Shqip!

Special thanks to Erbi for his feedback and audio samples, as well as Fabio Beta for his additional samples and feedback. And thanks to the other Albanian speakers who answered all my questions, including Ertjan Arapi, Dritëro Ferri, and Gabriel Ruta.

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Major sources include:

Discovering Albanian 1, by Linda Mëniku and Héctor Campos.

Colloquial Albanian: The Complete Course for Beginners
By Linda Mëniku, Héctor Campos
Kapia, Enkeleida (2010). The role of syntax and pragmatics in the structure and acquisition of clitic doubling in Albanian. Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University.
Discussion points based on the above dissertation:
http://ling-blogs.bu.edu/lx500a1s10/files/2010/02/lx500acqs10-07a-albanian-handout.pdf

“Albanian” by Alexander Rusakov. Found in “The Indo-European Languages,” edited by Mate Kapović, Anna Giacalone Ramat, Paolo Ramat. Page 552-600.
“The Albanian Tense System” by Jean-Louis Duchet. Found in “Tense Systems in European Languages II,” edited by Rolf Thieroff.

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Music
Intro: "Early Riser" by Kevin MacLeod. Used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. http://incompetech.com

Body: “Sunset Drive” by South London Hi-Fi

Outro: “Groovy Hip Hop” by Bensound.com