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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
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 conclusions of the congress were further elaborated by a post-deployment commission (Androkli Kostallari, Eqerem Çabej, Mahir Domi, Emil Lafe) [7] which published and distributed the volumes Orthography of the Albanian language (Alb: Drejtshkrimi i gjuhës shqipe) of 1973 [8] and Orthographic dictionary of the Albanian language (Alb ...
[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 ...
Albanoid; Albanic, Adriatic Indo-European, Illyric, Illyrian complex, Western Paleo-Balkan: Geographic distribution: Western Balkans, Southern Italy: Linguistic ...
Tosk (Albanian definite form: toskërishtja) is the southern group of dialects of the Albanian language, spoken by the ethnographic group known as Tosks.The line of demarcation between Tosk and Gheg (the northern variety) is the Shkumbin River.
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 ...