Tosk
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Tosk refers to one of the southern Albanian peoples and the dialect they speak. This dialect, along with Gheg, forms the two main dialects of the Albanian language. While less extreme forms of Gheg and Tosk are mutually intelligible, they have been diverging for at least a thousand years. The standard Albanian language, adopted in 1909, was initially based on a southern Gheg dialect but has since been modeled on Tosk. Tosk dialects are also spoken in Italian and Greek enclaves, stemming from population movements in the 13th and 15th centuries.12
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AlbaniaLanguages of Albania…of the Shkumbin River, and Tosk, spoken in the south. Geg dialects are also spoken in Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and North Macedonia, and Tosk dialects, though somewhat archaic as a result of centuries of separation from their place of origin in Albania, are prominent in the Albanian communities of Greece…
Read More…of the Shkumbin River, and Tosk, spoken in the south. Geg dialects are also spoken in Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and North Macedonia, and Tosk dialects, though somewhat archaic as a result of centuries of separation from their place of origin in Albania, are prominent in the Albanian communities of Greece…
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…Gheg in the north and Tosk in the south, are separated roughly by the Shkumbin River. Gheg and Tosk have been diverging for at least a millennium, and their less extreme forms are mutually intelligible. Gheg has the more marked subvarieties, the most striking of which are the northernmost and…
Read More…Gheg in the north and Tosk in the south, are separated roughly by the Shkumbin River. Gheg and Tosk have been diverging for at least a millennium, and their less extreme forms are mutually intelligible. Gheg has the more marked subvarieties, the most striking of which are the northernmost and…
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