Claim: Arvanites are a centuries-old local Albanian-speaking Greek community, their language is now in danger of extinction and many have been assimilated to the Greek culture.
Evidence: Arvanites (/ˈɑːrvənaɪts/; Greek: Αρβανίτες, romanized: Arvanítes; Arvanitika: Αρbε̱ρεσ̈ε̰, romanized: Arbëreshë or Αρbε̰ρορε̱, romanized: Arbërorë) are a bilingual population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Arvanites today self-identify as Greeks as a result of a process of assimilation, and do not consider themselves Albanian. While Arvanitika was commonly called Albanian in Greece until the 20th century, the wish of Arvanites to express their ethnic identification as Greeks has led to a stance of rejecting the identification of the language with Albanian as well. Arvanitika is currently considered in danger of extinction due to it having no legal status in Greece.