ALN ISO 639-3
Albanian, Gheg
Gegnisht Autonym
A language of Albania
- ISO 639
- aln
- Alternate Names
- Geg, Gegnisht-Shqyp, Gheg, Guegue, Shopni, Shqip, Shqyp
- Autonym
- Gegnisht
- Population
- 1,200,000 in Albania (2012 UNSD). Ethnic population: 2,310,000 ethnic Albanians (2011 census). Total users in all countries: 3,906,020.
- Location:
- Widespread north of the Shkumbin river.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Albanian, Gheg
- Dialects
- Northwest Gheg, Northeast Gheg, Central Gheg, Southern Gheg. A member of macrolanguage Albanian [sqi].
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; noun head initial; gender (masculine/feminine/neuter); definite article affix; case-marking (4 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; passives; tense; 29 consonant and 7 vowel phonemes; non-tonal; stress on penultimate syllable.
- Language Use
- Also use Tosk Albanian [als]. Used as L2 by Vlax Romani [rmy].
- Language Development
- Literature. Newspapers. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1869–1990.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Albanian, Gheg
- Writing
- Braille script [Brai]. Latin script [Latn], primary usage.
- Other Comments
- Muslim, Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
4,590 in Australia (2016 census). Census figure of 9,180 does not distinguish between Gheg [aln] and Tosk [als].
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Bulgaria
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
1,000 in Bulgaria (2016 J. Leclerc).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Switzerland
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
171,000 in Switzerland (2012 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
253,000 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Widespread.
- Dialects
- Northwest Gheg.
- Language Status
- 2 (Provincial)
- Other Comments
- Muslim, Christian. View other languages of Montenegro
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
32,700 in Montenegro (2011 census).
- Location
- Debar, Gostivar, Kicevo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Resen, Skopje, Struga, and Tetovo municipalities.
- Language Status
- 2 (Provincial)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of North Macedonia
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
532,000 in North Macedonia (2018). Ethnic population: 534,000 (2018).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Norway
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
16,600 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Bucharest and Constanta counties; Dolj county: Craiova city.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Romania
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
- Location
- Jablanica, Kosovo, Kosovsko-Mitrovica, Kosovsko-Pomoravlje, Pčinja, Peć, Prizren, Raška, and Zlatibor districts.
- Dialects
- Northwest Gheg, Northeast Gheg.
- Language Status
- 2 (Provincial)
- Other Comments
- Muslim, Christian. View other languages of Serbia
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
1,630,000 in Serbia (2012). Ethnic population: 2,000,000 (1998 Los Angeles Times).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
1,050 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Slovenia
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
7,180 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD).
- Location
- Samsun province.
- Dialects
- Samsun Albanian.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Turkey
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Albanian, Gheg
User Population
66,900 in United States (2010 census). Census figure of 133,870 does not distinguish between Gheg [aln] and Tosk [als].
Map
Location: Widespread north of the Shkumbin river.
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