Talk:Erind

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Is there an alternative name?

@Zemertrimi:@Demetrios1993: If an alternative name is unsourced, it can be removed without tagging it first and if reinstated, a source should be provided. I searched for an alternative name or presence of Aroanians in Erind, but I couldn't find any publication which discusses the village in an Aromanian context. Erind is the only Muslim-majority village in Lunxhëri (The Muslims from Erind - the only village in Lunxhëri to be Muslim in majority – are not perceived as the descendants of migrants from other Muslim areas [King, (2005), The New Albanian Migration, Sussex Academic Press].--Maleschreiber (talk) 05:42, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Maleschreiber: Fair enough. Though, before i reinstated it i went and checked the Aromanians in Albania and List of Aromanian settlements, and they both had it. Some quick digging, and i also saw it on a map by Thede Kahl, depicting the distribution of Aromanians in Albania. It was listed among the "settlements with a small Aromanian population". The map can be seen in this following paper by Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, "The Albanian Aromanians' Awakening: Identity Politics and Conflicts in Post-Communist Albania", though it is not easily visible. Here is a version with a better color contrast; Erind is located northeast of where the word Gjirokastër is. Furthermore, the exact rendering of the toponym in Aromanian does indeed lack verifiability, and thus the removal of the alternative name is justified. In any case, i believe a sentence should be added summarizing the aforementioned sources in regards to the demographics of the village; something like Erind is predominantly inhabited by Albanians, and is the only village in Lunxhëri to have a Muslim majority; it also has a small Aromanian minority. Demetrios1993 (talk) 12:30, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I'd like a more recent source for continued Vlach presence in Erind. I own Schwandner-Sievers' book, Kahl's statement is based on research from the 90s, some of it in 93 (though I'd have to check the specifics for Erind). As everyone knows the Vlachs were the most heavily depleted group by emigration in the south, and much of this happened later than the visits to the village.--Calthinus (talk) 17:20, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]