| Revision as of 23:00, 20 July 2005 editAlbanau~enwiki (talk | contribs)1,211 edits There is no such term as Arvanites Greeks or Arvanites Albanians, just the term Arvanites exist... dont contribute with confusion.... the Arvanites are a hellenized ethnicity with Albanian descendancy← Previous edit | Revision as of 23:16, 20 July 2005 edit undoMiskin (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users8,409 edits The Albanian crowd is obviously with nationalist tones rather than knoweldge of facts. Albanau&co. don't force me report you for vandalism.Next edit → | ||
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| '''Arvanitic''' (or Arvanitika, Arvanitic: ''Αρbε̰ρίσ̈τε'' / ''Arbëríshte'', ]: ''Αρβανίτικα'', ]: Arbërisht) is a variety of the ] ] dialect. It is not mutually intelligible with ] ] because of the hard ] accent although both do mainly share the same roots. Arvanitic has been spoken by the ] people of ] for more than five centuries. | '''Arvanitic''' (or Arvanitika, Arvanitic: ''Αρbε̰ρίσ̈τε'' / ''Arbëríshte'', ]: ''Αρβανίτικα'', ]: Arbërisht) is a variety of the ] ] dialect. It is not mutually intelligible with ] ] because of the hard ] accent although both do mainly share the same roots. Arvanitic has been spoken by the ] people of ] for more than five centuries. | ||
| The approximately 150,000 speakers inhabit more than 300 villages in ]. There are no monolingual Arvanitic-speakers; all are bilingual in ], and the language has been influenced by Greek over the centuries. Usage of Arvanitic is almost extinct as most descendants of |
The approximately 150,000 speakers inhabit more than 300 villages in ]. There are no monolingual Arvanitic-speakers; all are bilingual in ], and the Arvanitic language has been influenced by Greek over the centuries. Usage of Arvanitic is almost extinct as most descendants of Arvanite Greeks have been unwilling to learn that language. Consequently it is only used by some senior citizens when trying to communicate with Albanian immigrants who have not learned Greek yet. Although traditionally an oral rather than a written language, an ] adapted from the ] has been developed for Arvanitic. | ||
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error: ISO 639 code is required (help) Arvanitic (or Arvanitika, Arvanitic: Αρbε̰ρίσ̈τε / Arbëríshte, Greek: Αρβανίτικα, Albanian: Arbërisht) is a variety of the Albanian Tosk dialect. It is not mutually intelligible with Gheg Albanian because of the hard Gheg accent although both do mainly share the same roots. Arvanitic has been spoken by the Arvanite people of Greece for more than five centuries.
The approximately 150,000 speakers inhabit more than 300 villages in Greece. There are no monolingual Arvanitic-speakers; all are bilingual in Greek, and the Arvanitic language has been influenced by Greek over the centuries. Usage of Arvanitic is almost extinct as most descendants of Arvanite Greeks have been unwilling to learn that language. Consequently it is only used by some senior citizens when trying to communicate with Albanian immigrants who have not learned Greek yet. Although traditionally an oral rather than a written language, an Arvanitic alphabet adapted from the Greek alphabet has been developed for Arvanitic.