Gheg Albanian
Gheg Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Albania.
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Gheg (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. Gheg is spoken in northern and central Albania, Kosovo, northwestern North Macedonia, southeastern Montenegro and southern Serbia by the Albanian dialectal subgroup known as Ghegs.
Gheg does not have any official status as a written language in any country. Publications in Kosovo and North Macedonia are in Standard Albanian, which is based on Tosk. However, some authors continue to write in Gheg.
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Words in Gheg Albanian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | 5eri* | |
| name | em3n* | |
| eye | sy* | |
| ear | veS* | |
| nose | hund3* | |
| tooth | dhamb* | |
| tongue | gyuh3* | |
| hand | dor3* | |
| blood | gyak* | |
| bone | aSt* | |
| skin | l3kur3* | |
| knee | gyu* | |
| breast | gji* | |
| liver | m3lCi* | |
| water | uy3* | |
| fire | zyarm* | |
| sun | dieL* | |
| star | iL* | |
| stone | gur* | |
| mountain | mal* | |
| tree | dru* | |
| leaf | flet3* | |
| night | nat3* | |
| dog | qen* | |
| fish | peSk* | |
| louse | mor* | |
| one | ni | |
| two | di* | |
| I | un3* | |
| you | yu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- AlbanianIndo-European60% alike
- Arvanitika AlbanianIndo-European50% alike
- Arbëreshë AlbanianIndo-European49% alike
- Levantine ArabicAfro-Asiatic9% alike
- KirmanjkiIndo-European9% alike
- North Mesopotamian ArabicAfro-Asiatic9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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