Tosk Albanian
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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.
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Tosk | |
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toskërishtja | |
Region | Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Italy, Greece, Turkey |
Native speakers | 1.8 million (2011 census)[1] |
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Albanian alphabet, formerly Elbasan | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | als |
Glottolog | alba1268 tosk1239 |
Linguasphere | 55-AAA-aca to 55-AAA-ace |
A map showing Tosk speakers in the two palest shades of brown. |
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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.[2]