Eastern Gheg Dialect

Eastern Gheg Albanian
Presevan Dialect
Dialekti i Preshevës
Spoken in  Serbia
Region Preševo Valley
(Preševo, Bujanovac)
Native speakers 40,000 - 70,000  (date missing)
Language family
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –

The Eastern Gheg Dialect or the Dialect of Preševo (Albanian: Dialekti i Preshevës) is an Albanian dialect spoken in Preševo Valley, Serbia, mostly in Preševo and Bujanovac. The Eastern Gheg dialect is similar to the Gheg Albanian language spoken in Kosovo[a] and North Albania. The differences are at the letters like "E", "O", etc. The Eastern Gheg Albanian, or the Presevan dialect is spoken by over 50,000 native speakers. This dialect in difference with the Albanian literary dialect or the Tosk Albanian are the pronunciation of the words. The Eastern Gheg Dialect contains words from the Serbian language, Turkish language, Macedonian language, etc. The dialect is also split in a few other minority dialects, where the letter "Y" is spoken as "I", like "Ylberi" (Rainbow) to "Ilberi", "Dy" (Two) to "Di".

Differences

Standard Tosk Gheg Eastern Gheg English
Shqipëri Shqipëri Shqypní Shipní Albania
Një Një Nja/Ni Njo One
Bëj Bëj Baj Boj I Do
Qenë Qënë Kenë Kôn Been
Pleqëri Pleqrĩ Pleqni Pleçni Eld
Është Është or Ësht' Âsht or â Osht or o Is

Notes and references

Notes:

a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 86 UN member states.

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