Albanology is the science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 that studies Albanian language

Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...

 and culture.

The father of Albanology is often considered to be the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n Norbert Jokl

Norbert Jokl

Norbert Jokl was an Austrian Albanologist of Jewish descent who has been called the father of Albanology.- Early life :...

, while the Croat Milan Šufflay

Milan Šufflay

Milan pl. Šufflay was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel.-Life:...

 and the Hungarian Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás

Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvás

Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás was a Hungarian-born aristocrat, adventurer, scholar, and paleontologist...

 are also among its famous founders.

Among modern important Albanologists are Robert Elsie

Robert Elsie

Robert Elsie is a scholar who specializes in Albanian literature and folklore.- Life :Born on June 29, 1950 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Elsie studied at the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1972 with a diploma in Classical Studies and Linguistics...

, the Swiss Kaplan Burovich, and Shannon Woodcock who is also a historian of Roma communities across European cultures.