Arvanitika

English

Alternative forms

• Arvanítika, Arvanitikà

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːvəˈnɪtɪkə/
• Rhymes: -ɪtɪkə

Proper noun

Arvanitika

1. An archaic form of the Albanian language spoken by a linguistic minority in Greece.

   Synonyms: Arvanitic, Arvanitika Albanian

Related terms

• Arbëresh
• Arvanite

Translations

form of Albanian

• Afrikaans: Arvanities (af)
• Albanian: Arbërisht

  Arvanitika: αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ m (arbërísht)

• Breton: arvaniteg m
• Dutch: Arvanitisch n
• Finnish: arvanitika
• French: albanais arvanite (fr) m
• Galician: arvanitika m
• German: Arwanitisch n, Arvanitisch n
• Greek: αρβανίτικα (el) n pl (arvanítika), αρβανίτικη γλώσσα f (arvanítiki glóssa)
• Icelandic: arvaníska (is) f

• Italian: arvanitico m
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• Limburgish: Arvanitisch n, Arvanitika n
• Portuguese: arvanítico m
• Russian: арнау́тский (ru) m (arnaútskij), арвани́тский m (arvanítskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: арванитскӣ m, арванитика а̀лба̄нскӣ m

  Roman: arvanitskī m, arvanitika àlbānskī m

• Spanish: arvanítico m
• Swedish: arvanitiska (sv) c, arbëroriska c

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code aat (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Arvanitika, aat