Languages of the Balkans

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This is a list of languages spoken in the Balkans. With the exception of several Turkic languages, Hungarian, and Circassian, all of them belong to the Indo-European family. A subset of these languages are notable for forming a well-studied sprachbund, a group of languages that have developed some striking structural similarities over time.

Further information: Balkan linguistic union

Contents 1 Indo-European languages 1.1 Romance languages 1.2 Slavic languages 1.3 Indo-Aryan languages 2 Uralic languages 3 Turkic languages 4 Ibero-Caucasian languages 5 Extinct languages 6 See also

[edit] Indo-European languages

• Albanian
• Armenian
• Greek

[edit] Romance languages

• Romanian (Moldova, Romania)
• Aromanian
• Meglenitic
• Istro-Romanian (In eastern Istria)
• Istriot (in western Istria)
• Italian (on the Adriatic coast)
• Ladino (in Greece and Turkey)

[edit] Slavic languages

• Bulgarian
• Macedonian
• Bosnian
• Serbian
• Montegrin
• Church Slavonic

[edit] Indo-Aryan languages

• Romany

[edit] Uralic languages

• Hungarian

[edit] Turkic languages

• Crimean Tatar
• Tatar
• Turkish
• Gagauz

[edit] Ibero-Caucasian languages

• Circassian

[edit] Extinct languages

These are extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans

• Ancient Macedonian
• Dacian
• Eteocretan
• Eteocypriot
• Illyrian
• Lemnian
• Liburnian
• Ottoman
• Paionian
• Pelasgian
• Phrygian
• Thracian
• Yevanic (Judeo-Greek)

[edit] See also

• Balkan linguistic union
• Paleo-Balkan languages