A Study on the Albanian population of Western Kosovo

[Beast]

In the area of Prizren in 1348 there were nine Albanian villages mentioned by the names of: 
 Gjinovci (Gjinajt), Magjerci, Bjellogllavci (Kryebardhët), Flokovci (Flokajt), Crnça, Caparci (Çaparajt), Gjonovci (Gjonajt), Shpinadinci (Shpinajt) and Novaci.

You can find some of these villages even today on the map: 

Gjinoc. https://mapcarta.com/13928644
Caparc: https://mapcarta.com/N2386169748
Novake: https://mapcarta.com/13920912
Shpenadi: https://mapcarta.com/13916970 
Gjonaj: https://mapcarta.com/13928308

Magjerci was also mentioned in 1485.

Mazrek mentioned in 1452 and 1571: https://mapcarta.com/13921850 
Kojushe 1452/1571: https://mapcarta.com/N1839757257
Pllaneje 1452/1571: https://mapcarta.com/N1839757188
Milaj 1452/1571: https://mapcarta.com/N1839757298
Gorozhup 1452/1571: https://mapcarta.com/13926284
Zhur 1452: https://mapcarta.com/13913238
Zym 1452/1571: https://mapcarta.com/13913408

Also several villages mentioned in that area in 1485 that had significant Albanian names or contained inhabitants with Albanian names.



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[Beast]

That particular area of Kosovo seems to of had a significant Albanian population since at least the medieval period. the writer Lazaro Soranzo wrote that the town of Prizren in the 16th century was inhabited ''more by Albanians than by Serbs''

Some writers used the terms ‘Albaniar’ and ‘Serb’ in a way that seems to have acknowledged linguistic and religious differences (for example, Lazaro Soranzo, in the late sixteenth century, writing of ‘Albanians, who live as Catholics, and observing that Prizren was inhabited ‘more by Albanians than by Serbs’)."

- Rebels, Believers, Survivors Studies In The History Of The Albanians Malcolm Noel ( 2020)