Is standard Albanian Gheg or Tosk?

Gheg (also spelled Geg; Gheg Albanian: gegnisht, Standard Albanian: gegë or gegërisht) is one of the two major varieties of Albanian, the other being Tosk….Gheg Albanian.

When was Albanian standardized?

Written Albanian The Latin alphabet for Albanian was standardised in 1909, and a unified literary version of Albanian, based on the Tosk dialect, was established in 1972.

What’s the difference between Gheg and Tosk?

Gheg has a distinctly northern Albanian dialect while Tosk has a distinctly southern Albanian dialect. Both are Albanian with an Illyrian ancestry, but due to the nature of their history and demographic, their dialects are somewhat different. The differences are easier observed to native Albanians than us foreigners.

What dialect of Albanian is spoken in Kosovo?

Albanian has two main dialects: Tosk, which is spoken in southern Albania and is the basis of standard Albanian, and Gheg, which is spoken in the north of Albania and Kosovo.

What dialect of Albanian is spoken in Macedonia?

The Upper Reka Albanian dialect is a member of the wider northern Albanian Gheg dialect subgroup of the Albanian language spoken by northern Albanians. Speakers of the dialect are mainly located within the territory of the sub-region of Upper Reka in north-western Macedonia.

What dialect is Albanian?

The Albanian language has two distinct dialects, Tosk which is spoken in the south, and Gheg spoken in the north. Standard Albanian is based on the Tosk dialect. The Shkumbin River is the rough dividing line between the two dialects.

What are the dialects of the Albanian language?

The dialects of the Albanian language. The Albanian language has two distinct dialects, Tosk which is spoken in the south, and Gheg spoken in the north. Standard Albanian is based on the Tosk dialect. The Shkumbin river is the rough dividing line between the two dialects.

Did the Albanian dialect split before the Slavic migration to the Balkans?

The characteristics of the Albanian dialects Tosk and Gheg, in the treatment of the native and loanwords from other languages, have led to the conclusion that the dialectal split preceded the Slavic migration to the Balkans.

Where is Tosk spoken in Albania?

Northern Tosk is spoken in Berat, Fier, extreme southeastern Elbasan, most of Gramsh, Kolonjë, Korçë, Ohër, Përmet, east of the Vjosë river of Tepelenë, southern Struga (western shore of Lake Ohër), Pogradec, Prespa and northern Vlorë.

What is the linguistic affinity of Albanian?

Linguistic affinities. Although Albanian shares lexical isoglosses with Greek, Germanic, and to a lesser extent Balto-Slavic, the vocabulary of Albanian is quite distinct. In 1995, Taylor, Ringe and Warnow, using quantitative linguistic techniques, found that Albanian appears to comprise a “subgroup with Germanic”.