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Linguistic and Identity Persistence among Albanians: A Historical Anomaly in the Longue Durée. Introduction The widespread perception that history is often “distorted” or incomplete is not unfounded, particularly when examining the experiences of stateless populations (Schwartz, 1995)¹. The case of the Albanians—especially the Arbëreshë communities in Italy—represents a paradigmatic example of the misalignment between historical reality and dominant historiographical narratives (Elsie, 2001)². The extraordinary persistence of language and identity within these communities, maintained for over five centuries without political autonomy, constitutes an anomaly in the European context and raises significant questions for prevailing interpretative models (De Rada, 1882)³. 1. Structural Limitations of State-Centered Historiography Traditional historiography relies heavily on sources produced by states, institutions, and administrative apparatuses (Braudel, 1980)⁴. This approach tends to marg...

 Cròno- as a Cyclical Code: A Semiotic Reading Abstract This article presents a semiotic analysis of the morpheme crono- as a symbolic code of cyclicity. While traditionally derived from the Greek chrónos (“time”), the morpheme in modern lexical and conceptual formations conveys temporal continuity, recursion, and regeneration. Drawing on Saussurean structural linguistics, Peircean iconicity, Eliade’s models of cyclical time, Lotman’s concept of the semiosphere, and Bakhtin’s chronotope, this study demonstrates that crono- functions as a self-referential semiotic module whose form and structure parallel, conceptually, the symbolism of water sources as perpetual origins. The metaphor of the “O rotating within O” is interpreted as a coherent code articulating cyclical temporality. Keywords: crono-, semiotics, cyclicity, time, recursion, chronotope, iconicity 1. Introduction The morpheme crono- is commonly understood as deriving from the Greek chrónos (“time”). Beyond etymology, howev...

My poem translated into Arberish by Giovanna Brunetti. (The Upper Ionian area of ​​Cosenza) Nan kamnuat e Patrias jonë ne zjarr Anjat arbareshë nisan tua vajtur ka nang a din, prej lloka llargu. Kur një copaz ja Patrias këputat, na cinon por rranjat tona, gjaku jonë, shpirtin jonë nang a harrojam mosnjëherë! A qjellim tek delët jonë, A qjellim tek kankat jona Malat kujtojan si ish motit, Malat murmurjarjan si vjen dita manat. Andj ka çdo kankë shpirti arbëresh ngrathat Çdo herë këtu Çdo herë i zgjuar Çdo herë na thrret! Ditat shkojan Vjeçat shkojan Shekullet shkojan Ma kujtim rrjedh si lum i fort edhe pa fund, Tua sjellur palan jonë, gluthan jonë, gjakun jin. Fluturon parsipar dheravët Nget çdo zamar Edhe kushdo a do mirë Nang a harron mosnjëherë! Rron tek fjalat tona, Rron tek kankat jona, Rron tek zamërat tona. Një flakë çë nang mand të shuthat. Një goljë çë nang mand të mbillat. Arbëresh of Montecilfone Italy translated from Gioacchino Desiderio Ndën timit ta dheut jonë i’atit, çë d...

Mythology and the Source of Life in Albanian Tradition Introduction The study of Albanian language and its connection with greek mythology offers a unique perspective for understanding concepts of life and cosmic order in traditional thought. This article examines the figures of Zeus and Cronus, the etymological links of the word "Zeus"  “Cronos” with Albanian, and how concrete and abstract meanings interact through symbolic and pictorial traditions. The analytical approach aims to show that mythological and linguistic interpretations are neither linear nor singular, but multifaceted and complex. 1. Zeus and His Interpretations The figure of Zeus can be interpreted in several ways: As voice (zëri); As the source of life (zënes); As fire (zjarri); Or as God  "Zot/Zojsi" in Albanian language and mythology . However, according to mythological sources, Zeus is not the first source of life. Cronus (Kronos), his father, is considered the origin of human life. Cronus’ posi...

The Greek verb spáo / spázo (to break, tear, pull) is not an original Greek formation. It derives from the Albanian verbal structure bash > besh (to do, to make) combined with the negative particle S. s’ba = unmake → from which spao develops the meaning “to break” or “to undo.” This shows that the concept expressed in Greek here—“breaking” or “unmaking”—is linguistically traceable to Albanian roots, not the reverse. In short: spáo = s’ba + action → unmake → break. The Greek verb encodes the same conceptual logic already present in Albanian verbal morphology.

I’m revisiting a topic I wrote about years ago. A Codical–Ideographic Interpretation of the Albanian Words grua (“woman”) and burrë (“man”) 1. Introduction The Albanian lexical items grua (“woman”) and burrë (“man”) are among the most fundamental terms of the language. Their earliest known written attestations appear in the glossary of Arnold Ritter von Harff (1496), where they are recorded respectively as: Groëa – woman Geneyre – man In Modern Albanian, these forms have stabilized as grua and burrë. This study proposes a non-traditional, codical–ideographic interpretation of these words, drawing on symbolic structures attributed to the Danube Script and on logographic principles rather than on standard comparative Indo-European methodology. 2. Methodological Framework The analysis is based on the assumption that early linguistic formations may preserve ideographic and logographic encoding, in which phonetic forms are secondary to symbolic structures. In this framework, graphemic ele...