Tosk
E22786
Tosk is the southern variety of Albanian that forms the basis of the standard Albanian language.
Aliases (1)
- Tosk dialect ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language variety
→
variety of the Albanian language → |
| contrastsWith |
Gheg
→
|
| countryOfPrimaryUse |
Albania
→
|
| formsBasisOf |
Albanian literary standard
→
Standard Albanian → |
| geographicalDistributionRelativeToShkumbinRiver |
south of the Shkumbin River
→
|
| hasConsonantFeature |
lack of Gheg voiced aspirates
→
palatal consonants represented by q and gj in orthography → |
| hasDialect |
Arbëresh
→
Arvanitika → Berat dialect → Korçë dialect → Lab → Çam → |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
analytic tendencies compared to Gheg
→
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
absence of Gheg nasal consonant clusters
→
loss of nasal vowels → rhotacism of intervocalic n to r → |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
prestige variety within Albanian
→
|
| hasStressPattern |
variable stress
→
|
| hasVowelSystem |
seven-vowel system in standard form
→
|
| historicalDevelopment |
diverged from Gheg in the medieval period
→
|
| influencedBy |
Greek (lexicon in some dialects)
→
Italian (lexicon in some dialects) → |
| ISO639Macrolanguage |
sq
→
|
| isSpokenIn |
Greece
→
Italy → Kosovo → Montenegro → North Macedonia → southern Albania → |
| languageBranch |
Albanian
→
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-European languages
→
|
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Gheg (with some differences)
→
|
| orthographicConvention |
follows unified Albanian orthography of 1972
→
|
| region |
Southern Balkans
→
|
| roleInStandardization |
chosen as basis of standard Albanian in 20th century
→
|
| standardizationCenter |
Tirana
→
|
| subdivisionOf |
Albanian language
→
|
| usedByEthnicGroup |
Albanians
→
Arbëreshë → Arvanites → |
| usedFor |
education in Albania
→
media in Albania → official communication in Albania → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Gheg
→
|
differsFrom |
|
Albanian language
→
|
hasMajorDialect |
|
Gheg
→
|
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
|
Albanian language
("Tosk dialect")
→
|
standardBasedOn |