Geg

E120209

Geg is an alternative name for Gheg, the northern dialect group of the Albanian language spoken primarily in northern Albania and surrounding regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Geg canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect group ⓘ
variety of Albanian ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Gheg ⓘ
contrastsWith Tosk (southern Albanian dialect group) ⓘ
linked to: Tosk
country Albania ⓘ
Kosovo ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
dialectOf Albanian language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature different noun declension patterns from Tosk ⓘ
distinct infinitive-like verb forms compared to Tosk ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature frequent use of schwa-like central vowels ⓘ
retention of nasal vowels in many varieties ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature use of periphrastic constructions differing from standard Albanian ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
historicalRole basis of many early Albanian literary texts ⓘ
includesSubvariety Central Gheg ⓘ
linked to: Gheg

Northeastern Gheg ⓘ
linked to: Gheg

Northwestern Gheg ⓘ
linked to: Gheg

Southern Gheg ⓘ
linked to: Gheg
ISO639-3Status not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code (covered under Albanian) ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus major dialect group of Albanian ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with Tosk ⓘ
region northern Albanian dialect area ⓘ
spokenIn Albanian diaspora communities ⓘ
Kosovo ⓘ
Montenegro (Albanian-speaking areas) ⓘ
linked to: Montenegro

Serbia (Albanian-speaking areas, e.g., Preševo Valley) ⓘ
north Macedonia (Albanian-speaking areas) ⓘ
linked to: North Macedonia

northern Albania ⓘ
linked to: Northern Albania
standardizationStatus not the basis of the modern standard Albanian (which is Tosk-based) ⓘ
subfamily Albanian language ⓘ
usedBy Gheg Albanians ⓘ
linked to: Gheg
usedIn folk poetry and songs ⓘ
regional literature ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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