Written by Petrit Latifi

In 1878, John Pentland Mahaffy wrote of Albanians in Greece:

“Many people think that the old Greek race is completely gone, and that the present people are a mere mixture of Turks, Albanians, and Slaves…”

There are still Albanian districts in Greece. They are to be found even in Attica, and not many miles from Athens. But these populations are now perfectly distinct from the Greeks, and their language is quite different, and not intelligible to Greeks who have not learned it….”

Reference

John Pentland Mahaffy, “Rambles in Greece”, 1878. p.268