Arvanitika

Arvanitika
αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ
arbërisht
Pronunciation[aɾbəˈɾiʃt]
Native toGreece
RegionAttica, 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]
Ethnicity150,000 Arvanites (2000)[2]
Native speakers
50,000 (2007)[3]
(may be republished older data)
Dialects
  • Viotia Arvanitika
  • Attiki Arvanitika
  • Salamina Arvanitika
  • Evia Arvanitika
Greek (Arvanitic alphabet)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3aat
Glottologarva1236
ELPArvanitika
Linguasphere55-AAA-ae
Distribution of Albanian language dialects.
Arvanitika is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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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]

  1. ^ Skutsch, Carl (2005). Encyclopedia of the world's minorities. Routledge. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-57958-468-9. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ Arvanitika at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Arvanitika at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  4. ^ "Arvanitika". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Babiniotis, Lexicon of the Greek Language

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