Medieval Albanian

E121287

historical stage of a language stage of the Albanian language

Medieval Albanian is the historical stage of the Albanian language spoken and written in the Middle Ages, bridging Proto-Albanian and modern Albanian varieties.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Medieval Albanian canonical	1
Medieval Tosk Albanian	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical stage of a language ⓘ stage of the Albanian language ⓘ
developedFrom	Proto-Albanian ⓘ
developedInto	Gheg ⓘ surface form: Gheg Albanian Gheg ⓘ surface form: Tosk Albanian
follows	Proto-Albanian ⓘ
hasAspect	historical lexicon of Albanian ⓘ historical morphology of Albanian ⓘ historical phonology of Albanian ⓘ historical syntax of Albanian ⓘ
hasEvidenceType	early written documents ⓘ glosses and short inscriptions ⓘ
hasFeature	dialectal differentiation between northern and southern varieties ⓘ early development of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ increasing Romance and Slavic lexical influence ⓘ preservation of many Proto-Albanian phonological traits ⓘ transition from synthetic to more analytic morphology ⓘ use of loanwords from Greek ⓘ use of loanwords from Latin ⓘ use of loanwords from Slavic languages ⓘ
influencedBy	Byzantine culture ⓘ surface form: Byzantine cultural sphere Latin Christian tradition ⓘ Slavic-speaking neighbors ⓘ
languageBranch	Albanian branch of Indo-European ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
linguisticStageBetween	Proto-Albanian and modern Albanian varieties ⓘ
partOf	history of the Albanian language ⓘ
precedes	Albanian language ⓘ surface form: Modern Albanian
region	Balkans ⓘ Kosovo ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ territory of present-day Albania ⓘ western North Macedonia ⓘ
standardizationStatus	not fully standardized ⓘ
studiedInField	Albanology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
timeEndApprox	circa 15th century ⓘ
timeStartApprox	circa 9th century ⓘ
usedBy	medieval Albanian-speaking communities ⓘ
usedFor	administrative records ⓘ personal and legal documents ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
usedInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script (for some texts) ⓘ Greek script ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proto-Albanian → hasDescendant → Medieval Albanian ⓘ

Arbëresh → hasAncestor → Medieval Albanian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medieval Tosk Albanian