Show people kept in ignorance the western districts of the ri of Mo lr and a large part of that of F kossodo are inhabited by a race wilder and more primitive than any tobo found in europe the albanians very little Is known of this strange and interesting people save that they speak an indo european tongue but do not lot belong to ony any of the recognized groups of the aryan family it Is probable that they are descended from the ancient Illy rians who were driven westward by the advancing waves of slavs their language like the people themselves Is wild and lax lawless less and has bract practically leally no literature even the popular songs are very few the turkish government has deliberately kept them in a state of barbarism and ignorance and makes use of them to overawe the neighboring peoples |