▁encourag ement ▁until ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 s . ▁In ▁modern ▁times ▁about ▁ 4 0 0 0 ▁Ar ban asi ▁remain ▁in ▁Cro atia . ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian ▁is ▁currently ▁end anger ed ▁and ▁fewer ▁than ▁ 2 0 0 ▁speak ers ▁compet ent ▁in ▁the ▁language ▁exist . ▁An ▁additional ▁ 5 0 0 ▁people ▁can ▁understand ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁certain ▁degree . ▁A part ▁from ▁a ▁few ▁publications ▁like ▁the ▁journal ▁Fe ja ▁and ▁collections ▁of ▁Ar ban asi ▁l ore , ▁the ▁language ▁is ▁not ▁written . ▁ ▁In ▁studies ▁of ▁speak ers ▁of ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian , ▁they ▁stated ▁to ▁research ers ▁that ▁the ▁language ▁in ▁Cro atia ▁is ▁not ▁st ig mat ised ▁and ▁they ▁have ▁not ▁encountered ▁issues ▁due ▁to ▁speaking ▁it . ▁Ar ban asi ▁who ▁speak ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian ▁mostly ▁have ▁a ▁positive ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁language . ▁Most ▁Ar ban asi ▁speak ers ▁acknow ledge ▁the ▁connections ▁of ▁their ▁language ▁with ▁Alban ian , ▁however ▁they ▁stress ▁the ▁unique ▁features ▁of ▁their ▁language ▁and ▁independence ▁from ▁modern ▁standard ▁Alban ian . ▁▁ ▁Contact s ▁between ▁some ▁community ▁members ▁and ▁people ▁from ▁Alban ia ▁and ▁Kos ovo ▁were ▁established . ▁In ▁Cro atia , ▁there ▁are ▁recent ▁attempts ▁to ▁salv age ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian ▁from ▁language ▁death . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁standard ▁modern ▁Alban ian ▁was ▁introduced ▁as ▁an ▁optional ▁language ▁class ▁in ▁a ▁Z ad ar ▁high ▁school ▁in