Balkan Turkish

E16632

Turkic lect dialect continuum regional variety of Turkish

Balkan Turkish is a regional variety of the Turkish language spoken by Turkish communities across several Balkan countries, influenced by local languages and cultures.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Balkan Turkish canonical	1
Bulgarian Turkish	1
Dobrujan Turkish	1
Kosovar Turkish	1
Macedonian Turkish	1
Western Thrace Turkish	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic lect ⓘ dialect continuum ⓘ regional variety of Turkish ⓘ
basedOn	Istanbul Turkish ⓘ
endangeredStatus	subject to language shift toward majority languages ⓘ
hasFeature	lexical differences from standard Turkish ⓘ loanwords from surrounding Balkan languages ⓘ phonological influence from local majority languages ⓘ some grammatical calques from Balkan languages ⓘ
hasVariant	Balkan Turkish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bulgarian Turkish Balkan Turkish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dobrujan Turkish Balkan Turkish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kosovar Turkish Balkan Turkish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Turkish Balkan Turkish self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Thrace Turkish
historicalOrigin	Ottoman Turkish presence in the Balkans ⓘ
influencedBy	Albanian language ⓘ Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ Bulgarian language ⓘ Greek language ⓘ Macedonian language ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ Serbo-Croatian language ⓘ
languageFamily	Turkic languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo	Albanian ⓘ Bulgarian ⓘ Greek ⓘ Macedonian ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ surface form: Romanian Serbs ⓘ surface form: Serbian
mutualIntelligibility	largely mutually intelligible with standard Turkish ⓘ
region	Balkans ⓘ surface form: Southeastern Europe
register	primarily spoken variety ⓘ
spokenBy	Turkish minorities in the Balkans ⓘ
spokenIn	Albania ⓘ Balkans ⓘ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Greece ⓘ Kosovo ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ Romania ⓘ Serbia ⓘ
standardForm	lacks a single codified standard distinct from standard Turkish ⓘ
subclassOf	Southwestern Turkic ⓘ surface form: Oghuz Turkic languages Turkish language ⓘ
typologicalArea	Balkan linguistic area ⓘ
usedBy	Muslim communities of Turkish origin in the Balkans ⓘ
usedIn	family and community domains in Balkan Turkish communities ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ