Languages of the Balkans
This is a list of languages spoken in regions ruled by Balkan countries. With the exception of several Turkic languages,Circassian, all of them belong to the Indo-European family. A subset of these languages is notable for forming a well-studied sprachbund, a group of languages that have developed some striking structural similarities over time.
Further information: Balkan language area
Indo-European languages
Albanian
- Arvanitika
- Northwestern Arvanitika
- Southcentral Arvanitika
- Thracean Arvanitika
- Gheg
- Tosk
Hellenic languages
Romance languages
- Aromanian
- Istriot (in western Istria)
- Istro-Romanian (In eastern Istria)
- Italian (on the Adriatic coast)
- Ladino (in Greece, Turkey, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria)
- Megleno-Romanian (Meglenenitic)
- Romanian
Slavic languages
Western South Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian (with its standard languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin)
- Slovenian
Transitional dialects
- Transitional Serbo-Croatian dialects (Torlakian/NaĊĦinski)
- Transitional Bulgarian dialects
Eastern South Slavic
Indo-Aryan languages
Turkic languages
Caucasian languages
Extinct languages
These are extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans
- Dacian
- Dalmatian
- Eteocretan
- Eteocypriot
- Illyrian
- Lemnian
- Liburnian
- Ancient Macedonian
- Ottoman
- Paeonian
- Pelasgian
- Phrygian
- Thracian
See also
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1 Declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and is recognised by 110 United Nations member states. | ||
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