▁spoken ▁and ▁taught ▁in ▁school . ▁Following ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁many ▁Ar ban asi ▁people ▁from ▁village ▁of ▁Ar ban asi ▁who ▁self ▁identified ▁as ▁eth n ically ▁Italian ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁Italy , ▁or ▁made ▁by ▁commun ist ▁authorities ▁to ▁force fully ▁leave ▁following ▁the ▁Y ug oslav ▁take over ▁of ▁Z ad ar . ▁In ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian ▁was ▁not ▁taught ▁by ▁the ▁school ▁system . ▁Contact ▁between ▁Ar ban asi ▁and ▁Alban ians ▁was ▁none x istent ▁from ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century . ▁From ▁the ▁mid ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁on ward , ▁as ▁the ▁region ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁Alban ians ▁from ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁the ▁Ar ban asi . ▁▁ 2 1 st ▁century ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁twenty ▁first ▁century , ▁Ar ban asi ▁self ▁identify ▁as ▁Cro ats ▁or ▁Ar ban as ▁Cro ats ▁and ▁do ▁not ▁want ▁their ▁community ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁officially ▁recogn ised ▁Alban ian ▁minor ity ▁of ▁Cro atia . ▁Ar ban asi ▁Alban ian , ▁once ▁spoken ▁by ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁significant ▁identity ▁marker ▁has ▁nearly ▁disappeared , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁historical ▁and ▁political ▁st ig mat isation ▁of ▁Alban ian ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁and ▁the ▁recent ▁period ▁of ▁global isation . ▁In ▁independent ▁Cro atia , ▁for ▁some ▁years ▁the ▁language ▁did ▁not ▁receive