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Albanian (endonym: shqip ⓘ, gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ], or arbërisht [aɾbəˈɾiʃt]) is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. [9] It is the native language of the Albanian people.
Albanian (Modern Albanian) (shqip / gjuha shqipe) (dialect continuum) Gheg Albanian (gegnisht) (Northern Albanian dialect) Arbanasi (Albanian of Zadar, Croatia) Istrian Albanian (extinct) Upper Reka; Tosk Albanian (toskërisht) (Southern Albanian dialect, basis of Standard Modern Albanian but not identical) Lab; Cham
Gjuha Shqipe (Albanian Language), practical-scientific magazine which focuses on applied linguistics and language culture. [4] ISSN 0352-1109. Both the periodicals above are published in cooperation with other Albanian and foreign researchers. Special Editions comprise published projects, monographs, biographies, folkloric materials, etc. So ...
The various dialects of the Albanian language in Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. [note 1]The Albanian language is composed of many dialects, divided into two major groups: Gheg and Tosk. [1]
The earliest known mention of Albanian writings comes from a French Catholic church document from 1332. [10] [11] Written either by archbishop Guillaume Adam or the monk Brocardus Monacus the report notes that Licet Albanenses aliam omnino linguam a latina habeant et diversam, tamen litteram latinam habent in usu et in omnibus suis libris ("Though the Albanians have a language entirely their ...
Albanoid; Albanic, Adriatic Indo-European, Illyric, Illyrian complex, Western Paleo-Balkan: Geographic distribution: Western Balkans, Southern Italy: Linguistic ...
[10] [11] A synonym is Indo-Germanic (Idg. or IdG. ), specifying the family's southeasternmost and northwesternmost branches. This first appeared in French ( indo-germanique ) in 1810 in the work of Conrad Malte-Brun ; in most languages this term is now dated or less common than Indo-European , although in German indogermanisch remains the ...
The following conventions are used: Cognates are in general given in the oldest well-documented language of each family, although forms in modern languages are given for families in which the older stages of the languages are poorly documented or do not differ significantly from the modern languages.