Arvanitika

E125867

Arvanitika is a variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanite communities in Greece, closely related to the Tosk dialect group.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Balkan language variety
language variety
minority language in Greece
closelyRelatedTo Arbëresh
Gheg
surface form: Tosk Albanian
country Greece
ethnicGroup Arvanites
glottocode arva1239
hasAutonym Arbërisht
Arbëresh
surface form: Arbërishtja
hasDialect Arvanitika of Attica
Arvanitika of Attica
surface form: Arvanitika of Boeotia

Arvanitika self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arvanitika of Peloponnese
hasExonym Arvanites
surface form: Arvanitic

Arvanitika self-link
historicalOrigin Tosk-speaking settlers in Greece
medieval Albanian dialects
influencedBy Greek language
ISO639-3 aat
languageFamily Albanian
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Greek language
linguisticFeature Tosk-type vowel system
absence of nasal vowels
strong Greek lexical borrowing
notOfficialLanguageOf Greece
numberOfSpeakersEstimate tens of thousands
phonologicalInfluenceFrom Greek language
primaryCountryOfUse Greece
recognizedAs distinct variety of Albanian
region Attica
Boeotia
Peloponnese
central Greece
Southern Greece
surface form: southern Greece
shiftTo Modern Greek
sociolinguisticSituation language shift toward Greek
low intergenerational transmission
spokenBy Arvanite communities
status endangered language
severely endangered language
subclassOf Albanian language
Gheg
surface form: Tosk Albanian
timeOfMajorMigration 14th century
15th century
late Middle Ages
usedIn folk songs of Arvanites
oral tradition of Arvanites
writingSystem Greek alphabet
Latin alphabet

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

Tosk hasDialect Arvanitika
Proto-Albanian isAncestorOf Arvanitika
Common Albanian precedes Arvanitika
Arvanites historicallySpoke Arvanitika
Arvanites usesLanguage Arvanitika
Arvanites languageStatus Arvanitika
this entity surface form: Arvanitika is endangered
Arvanitika hasDialect Arvanitika self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arvanitika of Peloponnese
Arvanitika hasExonym Arvanitika self-link