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The first attested written mention of the Albanian language was on 14 July 1284 in Ragusa in modern Croatia when a crime witness named Matthew testified: "I heard a voice crying on the mountain in the Albanian language" (Latin: Audivi unam vocem, clamantem in monte in lingua albanesca).
A first language ( L1 ), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth [1] or within the critical period. In some countries, the term native language or mother tongue refers to the language of one's ethnic group rather than the individual's actual first language.
Albanian at a glance. Native name: shqip [ʃcip]; gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ] Language family: Indo-European; Albanian; Number of speakers: c. 7.6 million; Spoken in: Albania, Kosovo, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia; First written: 15th century AD
Apr 23, 2024 · Albanian language. Also known as: Shqip, Shqipëri. Written by. Eric P. Hamp. Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, of Psychology, and of Slavic Languages; Director, Center for Balkan and Slavic Studies, University of Chicago.
Albanian. shqip, gjuha shqipe, 𐔀𐔐𐔁𐔀𐔓𐔍𐔀𐔔. Pronunciation. [ʃcip] Native to. Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria, Albanian diaspora. Native speakers. 7.6 million (2011) [1] Language family.
Albanian ( endonym: shqip [ ʃcip] ⓘ, gjuha shqipe [ ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ], or arbërisht [ aɾbəˈɾiʃt]) is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group.
Proto-Albanian is the ancestral reconstructed language of Albanian, before the Gheg – Tosk dialectal diversification (before c. 600 CE ). [2] Albanoid and other Paleo-Balkan languages had their formative core in the Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region. [3] [4] Whether descendants or sister languages of what was called ...
