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Gheg or Geg (Gheg Albanian: gegnisht, Standard Albanian: gegërisht) is one of the two major varieties of Albanian, the other being Tosk.The geographic dividing line between the two varieties is the Shkumbin River, which winds its way through central Albania.
The language is spoken by approximately 6 million people in the Balkans, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. [1] However, due to old communities in Italy and the large Albanian diaspora, the worldwide total of speakers is much higher than in Southern Europe and numbers approximately 7.5 million.
The Albanian Wikipedia (Albanian: Wikipedia Shqip) is the Albanian language edition of Wikipedia started on 12 October 2003. As of 17 February 2025, the Wikipedia has 101,694 articles and is the 73rd-largest Wikipedia. [1]
The various dialects of the Albanian language in Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. [note 1]The Albanian language is composed of many dialects, divided into two major groups: Gheg and Tosk. [1]
Himariote Greek (Greek: Χειμαρριώτικη διάλεκτος, romanized: Cheimarriṓtikī diálektos [çimaɾˈʝo̞tici ˈðjale̞kto̞s] or Χειμαρριώτικα, Cheimarriṓtika [çimaɾˈʝo̞tika]; Albanian: Dialekti himariot) is a dialect of the Greek language that is mainly spoken by ethnic Greeks in the Himara region of Albania.
Arvanitika (/ ˌ ɑːr v ə ˈ n ɪ t ɪ k ə /; [4] Arvanitika: αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ, romanized: arbërisht; Greek: αρβανίτικα, romanized: arvanítika), also known as Arvanitic, is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece.
The earliest known mention of Albanian writings comes from a French Catholic church document from 1332. [10] [11] Written either by archbishop Guillaume Adam or the monk Brocardus Monacus the report notes that Licet Albanenses aliam omnino linguam a latina habeant et diversam, tamen litteram latinam habent in usu et in omnibus suis libris ("Though the Albanians have a language entirely their ...
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