Gheg

E22454
dialect regional language variety variety of the Albanian language

Gheg is the northern variety of the Albanian language, spoken primarily in northern Albania, Kosovo, and surrounding regions, and distinguished by notable phonological and grammatical features from other Albanian dialects.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Tosk Albanian 7
Gheg Albanian 6
Gheg canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ
variety of the Albanian language ⓘ
belongsTo Balkan sprachbund ⓘ
differsFrom Tosk ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Geg ⓘ
Gheg ⓘ
surface form: Geg Albanian

Gheg ⓘ
surface form: Gheg Albanian
hasDialect Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Gheg

Dibër dialect ⓘ
Elbasan dialect ⓘ
Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kosovar Gheg

Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Gheg

Shkodër dialect ⓘ
Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Gheg
hasFeature different stress patterns from Tosk ⓘ
different vowel system from Tosk ⓘ
distinct grammar from Tosk ⓘ
distinct phonology from Tosk ⓘ
distinct verb morphology ⓘ
retention of nasal vowels in some varieties ⓘ
use of infinitive forms more than in Tosk ⓘ
hasISOCode als (macrolanguage code for Albanian) ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch Albanian branch ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct plural formation patterns ⓘ
hasPhonologicalProcess vowel reduction in unstressed syllables (in many varieties) ⓘ
hasStandardForm Standard Albanian based primarily on Tosk ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature use of clitic doubling in some constructions ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
historicallyUsedIn early Albanian literature ⓘ
influences regional Albanian accents ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Tosk ⓘ
isRegulatedBy not regulated as a separate standard ⓘ
partOf Albanian language ⓘ
spokenIn Albanian diaspora communities ⓘ
Kosovo ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Albania ⓘ
surface form: northern Albania
subclassOf Albanian dialect ⓘ
usedBy Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gheg Albanians
usedIn everyday communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
regional media ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Albanian language → hasMajorDialect → Gheg ⓘ
Gheg → hasAlternativeName → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanian
Gheg → hasAlternativeName → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geg Albanian
Gheg → hasDialect → Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Gheg
Gheg → hasDialect → Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Gheg
Gheg → hasDialect → Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Gheg
Gheg → hasDialect → Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kosovar Gheg
Gheg → usedBy → Gheg self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanians
Tosk → contrastsWith → Gheg ⓘ
Proto-Albanian → isAncestorOf → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanian
Proto-Albanian → isAncestorOf → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk Albanian
Common Albanian → precedes → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanian
Common Albanian → developedInto → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanian
Common Albanian → developedInto → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk Albanian
Albanians → culturalRegion → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg region
Albanians → dialect → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanian
Albanians → dialect → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk Albanian
Geg → alternativeNameOf → Gheg ⓘ
Geg → includesSubvariety → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Gheg
Geg → includesSubvariety → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Gheg
Geg → includesSubvariety → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Gheg
Geg → includesSubvariety → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Gheg
Geg → usedBy → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanians
Medieval Albanian → developedInto → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gheg Albanian
Medieval Albanian → developedInto → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk Albanian
Arvanitika → subclassOf → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk Albanian
Arvanitika → closelyRelatedTo → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk Albanian
Arbëresh → subclassOf → Gheg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk Albanian