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Tosk Albanian
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| Tosk | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, Belgium, Egypt, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, USA | |
| Total speakers: | — | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Albanian Tosk |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | sq | |
| ISO 639-2: | alb (B) | sqi (T) |
| ISO 639-3: | als | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
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 has been the basis of the standard Albanian language.
Tosk may also refer to Tosk-speaking Albanian population of South Albania, often with subgroups Labs of Labëria and Chams of Çamëria. Arvanites of Greece and Arbëreshë of Italy are descendants of Tosk settlers.
Tosk, in its narrowest sense, may be applied to the people of Toskëria, the region to the northwest of Vjosë, 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.
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