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746:, pp. 101–102: "Second difference is the existence of nasal vocals in Gheg which is not a characteristic of Tosk even sometimes the nasality is not really stressed. This nasal-oral feature, according to Desnickaja, forms one of the elements which differentiate the Albanian dialects whereas Gjinari cites Dilo Sheper who said that there are also some nasal vocals in some places of Eastern Albania such as in Kurvelesh and Himarë but the information at that time did not confirmed that". 672: 598: 523: 336: 1259: 185: 650:
Although the idea that the Gheg/Tosk split is the oldest and most significant dialectal division in Albanian is widely viewed as canon, Lab has been found to exhibit certain "Gheg" grammatical characteristics (in addition to limited phonological characteristics such as retention of nasalization in
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distinction (lost elsewhere in Tosk). Although the loss of nasal vowels in Tosk is said to be a diagnostic feature separating Southern (Tosk) Albanian from Northern (Gheg) Albanian, Albanian linguists Dilo Sheper and Gjinari have reported that there are nasal vowels present in the Lab dialects of
443:, which would mean there are in fact Tosk dialects with nasal vowels, contrary to prior assumptions, although some Albanian writers like Paçarizi expressed uncertainty about the reports. Menela Totoni, meanwhile, has detected the presence of nasal vowels in the extreme southern town of 447:. Paçarizi notes that the presence of nasal vowels in Lab might imply that the loss of nasals in Tosk can no longer be viewed as the taxonomical difference between Gheg and Tosk, and that it may have occurred in the majority of Tosk dialects after Tosk had already split from Gheg. 275:
areal linguistics include its peculiar mix of conservative and innovative features, the lack (in some varieties) of typical Albanian Balkanisms like the admirative, and the presence of features typical of Northern Gheg dialects despite it being a Southern dialect.
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It is believed that Lab Albanian split from its sibling dialects of Cham, Arvanitika and Arbereshe some time in the Middle Ages. Since then, its features have evolved through a variety of influences: language contact with
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Lab and its sister dialect, Cham, have been found to lack many of the particularities that wider Albanian has in morphological rules and syntactical patterns. Some but not all Lab dialects lack the
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Lab has exerted some influence on Standard Albanian, for example causing the emergence of the short particle due to its use (in Lab) for compound past tenses.
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Labërishtja is a subdivision of the Southern Tosk group, which is itself a subdivision of Tosk Albanian, the collection of Albanian dialects south of the
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selected Lab subdialects). Features that are typical of Gheg but not Tosk dialects but which are nevertheless found in Lab include the presence of the
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mood, typically considered a curious and unique particularism of Albanian although there are also related phenomena in some Bulgarian dialects.
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than Standard Albanian, which is based on a dialect of Tosk proper, specifically the one from the ethnographic region of
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Laberishtja also is peculiar in that certain Lab dialects may have (limited) use of a "have"(
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Albanian in the Balkan Linguistic League: A Consideration of Theoretical Implications
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dialect associated with the wider definition of the ethnographic region of
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due to its usage by Albanian nationalist writers. The past participle of
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Totoni, Menella (1971). "Vëzhgime rreth të folmeve të Kurveleshit".
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Features typical of Lab include the unrounding of Albanian /y/ (
969: 961:(in Albanian). Tirana: Universiteti i Tiranës. pp. 31–117. 666: 592: 517: 330: 390:, Albanians from elsewhere may be shocked to hear words like 510:/ɛ/ may also become a schwa in Lab before nasal consonants. 948:
Totoni, Menella (1964). "E folmja e bregdetit të poshtëm".
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characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see
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Lab also has some features that are more typical of
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Linguistic parallels with Eastern Romance languages
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Index

Lab Albanian
[labəˈɾiʃt]
Albania
Labëria
Language family
Indo-European
Albanoid
Albanian
Tosk
Writing system
Latin
Greek
Ottoman Turkish
ISO 639-3
Glottolog
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IPA
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question marks, boxes, or other symbols
Unicode
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Albanian
Tosk
Albanian
Labëria
Albanians
Vlorë
Mallakastër
Gjirokastër

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