| Tosk | ||
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| Spoken in: | Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Belgium, Egypt, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, USA | |
| Total speakers: | — | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Albanian Tosk |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | sq | |
| ISO 639-2: | alb (B) | sqi (T) |
| ISO 639-3: | als | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. List of language familiesA language family is a group of Languages related by descent from a common ancestor called the Proto-language of that family Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family ISO 639-2 is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages ISO 639 -3 (ISO 639-32007 is an international standard for Language codes The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's | ||
Tosk is the southern dialect of the Albanian language. Albanian (sq ''Gjuha shqipe'' ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ is an Indo-European language spoken by nearly 6 million peoplewhile others claim that it derives from Daco - The line of demarcation between Tosk and Gheg (the northern dialect) is the Shkumbin River. Gheg (or Geg) is one of the two major dialects of the Albanian language. The Shkumbin ( Albanian indefinite form the definite form is Shkumbini, occasionally spelled Skumbi in English is a River in central Albania Tosk is the basis of the standard Albanian language.
Tosks
Tosk may also refer to the Tosk-speaking Albanian population of southern Albania, subgroups of which include the Myzeqars of Myzeqe, Labs of Labëria and Chams of Çamëria. } Albanians (Shqiptarët are an Ethnic group and a Nation, in the sense of sharing a common Albanian culture speaking the Albanian language Labëria is a region in southern Albania roughly reaching from Vlorë south to the Greek border near Sarandë, incorporating Gjirokastra and Cham Albanians, or Chams ( Albanian: Çamë Greek: Τσάμηδες Tsámidhes) are a group of ethnic Albanians who originally resided Chameria ( Albanian: Çamëria, Greek Τσαμουριά Tsamouriá) is the name used by Albanians for part of the coastal region The Arvanites of Greece and Arbëreshë of Italy are descendants of Tosk-speaking settlers. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Arbëreshë are an ethnic community living in Italy, especially the regions of Calabria and Sicily. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
Tosk, in its narrowest sense, may be applied to the people of Toskëria, the region to the north of Vjosë river and south of Shkumbin river, in the territory of Fier County. The Vjosë ( Albanian indefinite form the definite form is Vjosa) or Aóos ( Greek: Αώος, Latin: Aous) is The County of Fier (Qarku i Fierit is one of the 12 counties of Albania. However, the name Toskëria itself is often used to name entire Tosk-speaking parts of Albania, in contrast to northern Gegëria.
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Arvanitika or Arvanitic ( Albanian: Arbërisht, Greek: αρβανίτικα arvanitika) is the variety of Albanian Arbëresh, Arbërisht or Arbërishte is the dialect of the Albanian language spoken by the Arbëreshë; the Albanian-speaking minorities in ItalyDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic