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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Europe > Albania > Albanian, Tosk

Albanian, Tosk

A language of Albania

ISO 639-3: als

Population  2,900,000 in Albania (1989). Population total all countries: 3,035,000.
Region  Mainly south to Shkumbi River. Also in Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Turkey (Europe), Ukraine, United States.
Alternate names   Arnaut, Shkip, Shqip, Shqiperë, Skchip, Tosk, Zhgabe
Dialects  Arbanasi (Zadar), Srem (Syrmia), Camerija, Korca. Not intelligible with Arbëreshë [aae] of Italy. The basis of official Standard Albanian since 1952.
Classification  Indo-European, Albanian, Tosk
A member of macrolanguage Albanian [sqi] (Albania).
Language use  Official language. Schools.
Language development  Fully developed. Bible: 1993.
Writing system  Greek script, no longer in use. Latin script.
Comments  The Jevgjit claim to be Egyptian, but may be assimilated Roma. SVO. Peasant agriculturalists; animal husbandry: sheep; petroleum workers. Muslim, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Greece

Language name   Albanian, Tosk
Population  10,000 in Greece (2002 N. Nicholas).
Region  Epyrus region, village of Lehovo.
Language map  Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Alternate names  Arvanitika, Camerija
Comments  In Greece, Tosk is called Arvanitika, Greek for ‘Albanian’. Distinct from Arvanitika Albanian proper.
 

Turkey (Europe)

Language name   Albanian, Tosk
Population  15,000 in Turkey (1980). 1,075 monolinguals (1965 census). Ethnic population: 65,000 in Turkey.
Region  Western Turkey, scattered.
Language use  Also use Turkish [tur].
Comments  Muslim (Sunni).