Variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece
Not to be confused with Cham Albanian dialect.
Arvanitika
αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ arbërisht
Pronunciation
[aɾbəˈɾiʃt]
Native to
Greece
Region
Attica, Boeotia, South Euboea, Saronic Islands; Western Thrace; Peloponnese; some villages in NW of Greece; N of island of Andros; more than 500 villages in total[1]
Ethnicity
150,000 Arvanites (2000)[2]
Native speakers
50,000 (2007)[3] (may be republished older data)
Language family
Indo-European
Albanian
Tosk
Arvanitika
Dialects
Viotia Arvanitika
Attiki Arvanitika
Salamina Arvanitika
Evia Arvanitika
Writing system
Greek (Arvanitic alphabet) Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3
aat
Glottolog
arva1236
ELP
Arvanitika
Linguasphere
55-AAA-ae
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Arvanitika (/ˌɑːrvəˈnɪtɪkə/;[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. Arvanitika was brought to southern Greece during the late Middle Ages by Albanian settlers who moved south from their homeland in present-day Albania in several waves. The dialect preserves elements of medieval Albanian, while also being significantly influenced by the Greek language.[5][6] Arvanitika is today endangered, as its speakers have been shifting to the use of Greek and most younger members of the community no longer speak it.[7]
^Skutsch, Carl (2005). Encyclopedia of the world's minorities. Routledge. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-57958-468-9. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^Arvanitika at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
^Arvanitika at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^"Arvanitika". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^Μπαλτσιώτης, Λάμπρος (2007). Ταυτότητες και Ετερότητες. Γλωσσική ετερότητα στην Ελλάδα(PDF). Αθήνα: ΥΠΕΠΘ - Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. pp. 21–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^Dorian, Nancy C., ed. (2001) [1989]. Investigating Obsolescence. Studies in Language Contraction and Death. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 199-200. ISBN 978-0-521-43757-8.
Arvanitika (/ˌɑːrvəˈnɪtɪkə/; Arvanitika: αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ, romanized: arbërisht; Greek: αρβανίτικα, romanized: arvanítika), also known as Arvanitic, is the...
and Arvanitika retain kl and gl in place of q and gj (e.g. gjuhë "tongue" is gluhë in Çam, gluhë in Siculo-Arberësh, and gljuhë in Arvanitika; "klumësh"...
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they still maintain their distinct subdialect of Tosk Albanian, known as Arvanitika, although it is endangered as the younger generations no longer speak...
The Malsia e Madhe Gheg Albanian and two varieties of the Tosk dialect, Arvanitika in Greece and Arbëresh in southern Italy, have preserved archaic elements...
Fragoklisia) Sidera Synoikismos Center Chalandri The village was historically Arvanitika speaking, with 3,000 Arvanites inhabiting it, however due to its proximity...
in the south. Their language, now in danger of extinction, is known as Arvanitika. Their number has been estimated as between 30,000 and 140,000. Many have...
monolingual Arvanitika-speakers, as all are today bilingual in Greek. However, while Arvanites are bilingual in Greek and Arvanitika, Arvanitika is considered...
found in Albania, in the modern Albanian form. For example, the word in Arvanitika (Arbërisht) for "brave" or "pallikari" (in Greek) being "çanavar" (Turkish...
populations living in Greece ("Arvanitika," the Greek rendering of Arbëreshë) and Turkey ("Arnaut," Turkish for the Greek term Arvanitika). Malcolm 2009, pp. 233...
the Greek alphabet, in accordance with the practice of the writers of Arvanitika during the Greek War of Independence. Georgios spoke Greek only with difficulty...
small minority of Arvanites lived on the island, who were bilingual in Arvanitika and Greek (spoken more by men and less by women), up until the early 20th...
well as both Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. The village was historically Arvanitika speaking, however due to its proximity to Athens, it has undergone a language...
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Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024. Oreivatein.com Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1991). Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland. Vol. 1. p. 19. ISBN 9783447027588...
spelling is still occasionally used for the local Albanian dialects (Arvanitika) in Greece. Gagauz, a Turkic language of the northeast Balkans spoken...
Tosk is divided into five sub-dialects: Northern Tosk, Labërisht, Çam, Arvanitika, and Arbëresh. Northern Tosk is spoken in Berat, Fier, Skrapar, southern...
Tosk Albanian known as Arvanitika, they have fully assimilated into the Greek nation and do not identify as Albanians. Arvanitika is in a state of attrition...
Nikos; Liosis, Nikos (2019). "Dialectical Modern Greek Influences on Arvanitika". Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistics Theory. National and Kapodistrian...
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Spetses (Greek: Σπέτσες, Ancient Greek: Πιτυοῦσσα "Pityussa", Arvanitika: Πετσε̱) is an island in Attica, Greece. It is counted among the Saronic Islands...
(Βοιωτίας), EETAA local government changes. Hans-Jürgen Sasse (1991). Arvanitika: die albanischen Sprachreste in Griechenland. Vol. 1. p. 18. ISBN 9783447027588...
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