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"The Albanians of Kosovo are autochthonous people. Like all Albanians, they are the descendants of the ancient Illyrians, who inhabited the western side of the Balkan Peninsula. Before the Roman period, the area of Kosovo was the center of the Illyrian kingdom of the Dardans, which had Skopje as its capital. Konstantin the Great and the Byzantine Emperor Justin were born in Kosovo".
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Source: Handbuch der europäischen Volksgruppen, Wilhelm Braumüller, Universitäts-Verlagsbuchhandlung Ges.m.b.h., 1970 Wien
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Some are and some aren't.
Albanians have lot of Middle Eastern and African genetics compared to South Slavs, but still they're European.
Most representative Illyrian descendants today are Southwestern Slavic populations (Serbo-Croats), not Albanians.
Paleo-European haplogroup I have highest frequency in Croatia/Bosnia.
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Exactly the name Albania is an exonym. Albanians have always called themselves Skhqiptaris.
Nobody heard about the small Ancient tribe of Albanoi for the last 2000 years. The Byzantines never mentioned such tribe, and they were meticulous in registering even the smallest and the most insignificant tribes of the Balkans.
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