Arvanitika
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Greek αρβανίτικα (arvanítika), a dialectal variant of αλβανικά (alvaniká, “Albanian”) related to Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs). Borrowed from the albanian word and self-designation Arbër, rhotic variant of Arbën.
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Arvanitika
- An archaic form of the Albanian language spoken by a linguistic minority in Greece.
- Synonyms: Arvanitic, Arvanitika Albanian
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TranslationsEdit
form of Albanian
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Further readingEdit
- ISO 639-3 code aat (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Arvanitika, aat