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Eyqi people, often called eyqilar or referred as shiptare although some consider it derogatory. Are an former iterant people from parts of West asia, many folktales say they come from Egypt but nowadays there is a substantial diaspora in the Balkans, approx. 15.000 in Albania 5-7000 in Kosovo and 2-3,200 in Montenegro.

The Eyqilar people adhere predominantly to sunni islam (47%) other religions are orthodox christianity 21%, catholicism 13% atheism/agnoticism at 9%, 7% folkreligion Njırits besojn, which is a pre-islamic worship of the divinity of cats, similarities have been drawn to ancient egypt belief

The native eyqi language has been lost and eyqilar today speak a form of old albanian.