Tosk

E22786
language variety variety of the Albanian language

Tosk is the southern variety of Albanian that forms the basis of the standard Albanian language.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tosk canonical 3
Tosk (southern Albanian dialect group) 1
Tosk dialect 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language variety ⓘ
variety of the Albanian language ⓘ
contrastsWith Gheg ⓘ
countryOfPrimaryUse Albania ⓘ
formsBasisOf Albanian literary standard ⓘ
Albanian language ⓘ
surface form: 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 language ⓘ
surface form: Albanian
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith Gheg (with some differences) ⓘ
orthographicConvention follows unified Albanian orthography of 1972 ⓘ
region Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Southern Balkans
roleInStandardization chosen as basis of standard Albanian in 20th century ⓘ
standardizationCenter Tirana ⓘ
subdivisionOf Albanian language ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Albanians ⓘ
Arbëresh ⓘ
surface form: Arbëreshë

Arvanites ⓘ
usedFor education in Albania ⓘ
media in Albania ⓘ
official communication in Albania ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Albanian language → hasMajorDialect → Tosk ⓘ
Albanian language → standardBasedOn → Tosk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk dialect
Gheg → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Tosk ⓘ
Gheg → differsFrom → Tosk ⓘ
Geg → contrastsWith → Tosk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk (southern Albanian dialect group)
Tosk region → hasCulturalTradition → Tosk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tosk folk music