Tosk Albanian

Tosk Albanian

Infobox Language
name=Tosk
region=Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Belgium, Egypt, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, USA
familycolor=Indo-European
fam2=Albanian
iso1=sq
iso2b=alb
iso2t=sqi
iso3=als

Tosk is the southern dialect of the Albanian language. The line of demarcation between Tosk and Gheg (the northern dialect) is the Shkumbin River. Tosk is the basis of the standard Albanian language.

Tosks

"Tosk" may also refer to the Tosk-speaking Albanian population of southern Albania, subgroups of which include the Myzeqars of Myzeqe, Labs of Labëria and Chams of Çamëria. The Arvanites of Greece and Arbëreshë of Italy are descendants of Tosk-speaking settlers, as are the original inhabitants of Mandritsa in Bulgaria.

"Tosk", in its narrowest sense, may be applied to the people of "Toskëria", the region to the north of Vjosë river and south of Shkumbin river, in the territory of Fier County. However, the name "Toskëria" itself is often used to name entire Tosk-speaking parts of Albania, in contrast to northern "Gegëria".

ee also

*Arvanitic language
*Arbëresh language

External links

*http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=als


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