Balkan Sprachbund

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Sprachbund areal feature complex linguistic area

The Balkan Sprachbund is a linguistic area in the Balkans where languages from different families have converged to share common grammatical and lexical features due to long-term contact.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Balkan language union 1
Balkan linguistic area 1
Sprachbund 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sprachbund ⓘ
areal feature complex ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
characterizedBy convergence of unrelated languages ⓘ
shared grammatical structures ⓘ
shared lexical items ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
surface form: Balkan language union

Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
surface form: Balkan linguistic area
hasCause historical contact among Balkan populations ⓘ
long-term language contact ⓘ
multilingualism ⓘ
hasFeature analytic verb forms ⓘ
convergence in phonology ⓘ
convergence in syntax ⓘ
dative clitic doubling ⓘ
future tense formed with auxiliary verb ‘want’ or similar ⓘ
loss of infinitive ⓘ
loss or reduction of case inflection ⓘ
object clitic doubling ⓘ
postposed definite article ⓘ
shared lexical borrowings ⓘ
similar conditional constructions ⓘ
use of evidentiality ⓘ
use of periphrastic perfect ⓘ
use of prepositions instead of cases ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Albanian language ⓘ
surface form: Albanian language family

Hellenic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
Romani language ⓘ
surface form: Romani language family

Slavic languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
hasMemberLanguage Albanian language ⓘ
Aromanian ⓘ
surface form: Aromanian language

Bosnian ⓘ
surface form: Bosnian language

Bulgarian language ⓘ
Croatian ⓘ
surface form: Croatian language

Greek language ⓘ
Macedonian ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian language

Megleno-Romanian ⓘ
surface form: Megleno-Romanian language

Romani language ⓘ
Romanian language ⓘ
Serbian language ⓘ
Torlakian dialects ⓘ
Turkish language ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Balkan studies ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ
linguistic typology ⓘ
timeDepth several centuries of contact ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

South Slavic languages → arealFeature → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
Bulgarian language → belongsToSprachbund → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
Balkan Sprachbund → hasAlternativeName → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan linguistic area
Balkan Sprachbund → hasAlternativeName → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balkan language union
Balkan Turkish → influencedBy → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
Balkan Latin → relatedConcept → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
Transeurasian languages → relatedConcept → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sprachbund
Eastern Romance → sharesFeatureWith → Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ