Arvanitika (/ ˌ ɑːr v ə ˈ n ɪ t ɪ k ə /; Arvanitika: αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ, romanized: arbërisht; Greek: αρβανίτικα, romanized: arvanítika), also known as Arvanitic, is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece.Arvanitika is today endangered, as its speakers have been shifting to the use of Greek and most younger members of ...

Arvanitika. Unlike the recent immigrants from Albania, the Arvanites are a centuries-old local Albanian-speaking Greek community in parts of Greece (and mainland Albania), especially in the south. Their language, now in danger of extinction, is known as Arvanitika. Their number has been estimated as between 30,000 and 140,000.

Arvanites (/ ˈ ɑːr v ə n aɪ t s /; Arvanitika: Αρbε̱ρεσ̈ε̰, romanized: Arbëreshë or Αρbε̰ρορε̱, romanized: Arbërorë; Greek: Αρβανίτες, romanized: Arvanítes) are a bilingual population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They traditionally speak Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek.Their ancestors were first recorded as settlers who ...

The voiced velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in various spoken languages.It is not found in Modern English but existed in Old English. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɣ , a Latinized variant of the Greek letter gamma, γ , which has this sound in Modern Greek.It should not be confused with the …

Gheg (also spelled Geg; Gheg Albanian: gegnisht, Standard Albanian: gegë or gegërisht) is one of the two major varieties of Albanian, the other being Tosk.The geographic dividing line between the two varieties is the Shkumbin River, which winds its way through central Albania. Gheg is spoken in northern and central Albania, Kosovo, northwestern North Macedonia, southeastern …

The Kanun (also Gheg Albanian: Kanû/-ja, other names include Albanian: doke, zakon, venom, usull, itifatk, adet, sharte, udhë, rrugë) is a set of Albanian traditional customary laws, which has directed all the aspects of the Albanian tribal society.. For at least the last five centuries and until today, Albanian customary laws have been kept alive only orally by the tribal elders. The ...

The Kingdom of Greece (Greek: Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος [vaˈsili.on tis eˈlaðos]) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic.It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where Greece also secured its full independence from the Ottoman Empire after nearly four centuries.. The Kingdom of Greece was dissolved in ...

マケドニア（ギリシア語: Μακεδονία / ラテン文字転写: Makedonia ）は、ギリシャの地理的・歴史的な地方のひとつ。 ギリシャ全土を9つに分けた「地理な地方」のうちで最大の面積を持ち、人口は2番目に多い。テッサリア、および西トラキアとともに、「北部地方」と呼ばれる。

Albanian myths and legends are already attested in works written in Albanian as early as the 15th century, however, the systematic collection of Albanian folklore material began only in the 19th century.. One of the first Albanian collectors from Italy was the Arbëresh writer Girolamo De Rada who—already imbued with a passion for his Albanian lineage in the first half of the 19th century ...

Souroti (Greek: Σουρωτή), a rural village in the Thessaloniki regional unit of Greece is located 25 kilometers (16 mi) outside of the city of Thessaloniki.In Greece the village is particularly known for the mineral water bottled there. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Thermi.St. John the Theologian Convent is situated there, associated with the name of a famous ...