Albanian
Toskë
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Greece, by about 3 million people.
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Tosk (Albanian definite form: toskërishtja) is the southern group of dialects of the Albanian language, spoken by the ethnographic group known as Tosks. The line of demarcation between Tosk and Gheg (the northern variety) is the Shkumbin River. Tosk is the basis of the standard Albanian language.
Major Tosk-speaking groups include the Myzeqars of Myzeqe, Labs of Labëria, Chams of Çamëria, Arvanites of Greece and the Arbëreshë of Italy, as well as the original inhabitants of Mandritsa in Bulgaria. In North Macedonia, there were approximately 3000 speakers in the early 1980s.
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Written down
Të gjithë njerëzit lindin të lirë dhe të barabartë në dinjitet dhe në të drejta. Ata kanë arsye dhe ndërgjegje dhe duhet të sillen ndaj njëri tjetrit me frymë vëllazërimi.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Albanian
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | nënë | |
| father | baba | |
| child | fëmijë | |
| man | burrë | |
| woman | grua | |
| person | njeri | |
| name | emër | |
| friend | mik | |
| eye | sy | |
| ear | vesh | |
| nose | hundë | |
| tooth | dhëmb | |
| tongue | gjuhë | |
| hand | dorë | |
| heart | zemër | |
| head | kokë | |
| blood | gjak | |
| bone | kockë | |
| skin | lëkurë | |
| knee | gju | |
| breast | gji | |
| liver | mëlçi | |
| water | ujë | |
| fire | zjarr | |
| sun | diell | |
| moon | hënë | |
| star | yll | |
| sky | qiell | |
| rain | shi | |
| snow | borë |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Arvanitika AlbanianIndo-European60% alike
- Gheg AlbanianIndo-European60% alike
- Arbëreshë AlbanianIndo-European49% alike
- SoniaBosavi10% alike
- CorsicanIndo-European9% alike
- Konkan MarathiIndo-European9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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