Albania
I wanna tell you something about Albania.
I’ve met family Nakaij, who have fled from Albania and who are asylum seekers in The
Netherlands right away, so that’s the reason I’ll do my speech about it.
The topics I’ll talk about are:
1. The country
2. The culture
3. The language
4. Asylum Seekers
The country
Albania borders to the countries Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Greece.
There live about four million people in Albania. Since 1912 Albania got independency and a
communistic country. It’s a member of the United Nations and the NAVO.
Before Albania became independent, there was a two-headed eagle at their flag under a
white star. The flag is often changed, but now it has a black two-headed eagle without star.
The culture
More than 50 percent of the citizens are Islamic and 30 percent is Cristian.
In Albania live lots of poor people and it’s one of the poorest countries in Europe. In Albania
is paid with the Albanian lek (ALL). One Euro is about 140 Lek worth.
Since 2014 Albania wants to be a member of the European Union and use the Euro, but
tolerated yet. One of the reasons is that the traffic situation in Albania is unsafe. Everywhere
in the country are bad roads, obstacles, drive unlit vehicles and there’s irresponsible driving.
The language
Albanian is a language with two dialects: The Gegisch, which is spoken in the North and
Toskisch which is spoken in the South
It’s not difficult to learn Albanian, only sometimes it’s a bit difficult to pronucate, because we
don’t have all their sounds in our language. For example, if you want to say ten in Albanian
you should say ‘*Vjdjett*’. But also Albanian people have difficulties with our language. They
can’t really say an ‘r’ or a ‘g’. Only one thing you need to know before meeting them. In
Albanian nodding yes means no and shaking no means yes.
If you meet an Albanian for the first time you should find out whether they speak English or
French as an additional language. They can choose at school what they want to learn, while
we are required to learn English. As they speak English it’s a lot more easier for us to learn
them Dutch. First you make a list of simple Dutch words and write the English translation
behind it. Then you ask them how that word should be translated in their language and how
you should pronucate it. For example: the first thing you learn is ‘hello’. In Albania people
say ‘*Çkemi*’ for hello.
Asylum seekers
In the North of Albania, many families are still used to revenge blood. That is an old tradition
which means that when someone is killed, his or her family is allowed to take revenge. Then
they may kill the offender, but also the family members. That often leads to years of quarrels
between family members, where many people are killed. That’s one of the reasons some
Albanian people flee.
I wanna tell you something about Albania.
I’ve met family Nakaij, who have fled from Albania and who are asylum seekers in The
Netherlands right away, so that’s the reason I’ll do my speech about it.
The topics I’ll talk about are:
1. The country
2. The culture
3. The language
4. Asylum Seekers
The country
Albania borders to the countries Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Greece.
There live about four million people in Albania. Since 1912 Albania got independency and a
communistic country. It’s a member of the United Nations and the NAVO.
Before Albania became independent, there was a two-headed eagle at their flag under a
white star. The flag is often changed, but now it has a black two-headed eagle without star.
The culture
More than 50 percent of the citizens are Islamic and 30 percent is Cristian.
In Albania live lots of poor people and it’s one of the poorest countries in Europe. In Albania
is paid with the Albanian lek (ALL). One Euro is about 140 Lek worth.
Since 2014 Albania wants to be a member of the European Union and use the Euro, but
tolerated yet. One of the reasons is that the traffic situation in Albania is unsafe. Everywhere
in the country are bad roads, obstacles, drive unlit vehicles and there’s irresponsible driving.
The language
Albanian is a language with two dialects: The Gegisch, which is spoken in the North and
Toskisch which is spoken in the South
It’s not difficult to learn Albanian, only sometimes it’s a bit difficult to pronucate, because we
don’t have all their sounds in our language. For example, if you want to say ten in Albanian
you should say ‘*Vjdjett*’. But also Albanian people have difficulties with our language. They
can’t really say an ‘r’ or a ‘g’. Only one thing you need to know before meeting them. In
Albanian nodding yes means no and shaking no means yes.
If you meet an Albanian for the first time you should find out whether they speak English or
French as an additional language. They can choose at school what they want to learn, while
we are required to learn English. As they speak English it’s a lot more easier for us to learn
them Dutch. First you make a list of simple Dutch words and write the English translation
behind it. Then you ask them how that word should be translated in their language and how
you should pronucate it. For example: the first thing you learn is ‘hello’. In Albania people
say ‘*Çkemi*’ for hello.
Asylum seekers
In the North of Albania, many families are still used to revenge blood. That is an old tradition
which means that when someone is killed, his or her family is allowed to take revenge. Then
they may kill the offender, but also the family members. That often leads to years of quarrels
between family members, where many people are killed. That’s one of the reasons some
Albanian people flee.
