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Arbëresh

Albanian dialect spoken in Italy

Languagedialect modern language natural languageQ1075302

Also known as Arbëreshë Albanian · Arbërisht · aae · Italo-Albanian

Speakers: 100,000
Subclass of: Albanian
Script: Latin script
Indigenous to: Molise
, province of Campobasso
, Province of Catanzaro
+7 more

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Arbëresh comprises the Albanian linguistic varieties spoken by the Arbëreshë people of Italy, brought there by several migratory waves of Albanians from Albania and Greece since the Late Middle Ages. Arbëresh varieties are derived from the old Tosk Albanian varieties spoken in the south-western Balkans, and throughout the centuries they have developed in Italy in contact with the neighboring Italo-Romance-speaking communities. Other Tosk Albanian varieties from the Late Middle Ages referred to as Arvanitika are spoken in Greece by the Arvanites. E Mbësuame e Krështerë (1592) by Luca Matranga from Piana degli Albanesi is the earliest known Old Tosk text, a translation of a catechism book from Latin.

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Country: Italy
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1.“ScriptSource - Italy”scriptsource.org/country/ITRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object
Ethnologue language status: 6b Threatened
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/aaeRetrieved 2019-05-09
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Dialect of: Albanian
UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered

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