The Albanians of Kosovo

The Albanians of Kosovo, numbering approximately 1,965,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Balkan ethnic group united by Albanian language, a shared historical identity, and common cultural traditions, internally differentiated into regional subgroups such as Gheg and Tosk but maintaining a strong overarching sense of collective identity They are an Indigenous people, with Albanian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Albanian people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam. They primarily speak Albanian, Gheg.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Kosovo
People Cluster: Albanian
Primary Language(s): Albanian, Gheg (aln)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 1,965,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG033629
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Pray for the Albanians of Kosovo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

96%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Albanian, Gheg
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Albanian, Gheg Speakers

Media Resources in Albanian, Gheg:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Albanian, Gheg:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Albanian, Gheg bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Albanians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Albanians:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Albanians of Kosovo

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Albanian Across Countries (ROP3 - 115689) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AlbaniansAlbaniansAlbania2,590,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, GhegFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansKosovo1,965,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, GhegFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansNorth Macedonia541,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, GhegFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansItaly446,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, GhegFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansGreece281,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, ToskEastern Orthodox Christianity
AlbaniansAlbaniansUnited States226,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, GhegFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansSwitzerland115,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlbanian, ToskFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansTurkiye68,500Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, ToskFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansGermany66,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, ToskFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansMontenegro49,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlbanian, GhegFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansUnited Kingdom42,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlbanian, ToskFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansCanada27,500Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, ToskFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansAustria24,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlbanian, ToskFolk Islam
AlbaniansAlbaniansBelgium18,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlbanian, GhegFolk Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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