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How does Gheg Albanian sound to you
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Like a mix between Turkish and Romanian.
Even tough it's not Latin influenced it does sound a little(maybe because of the exorcist voice :D )
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It sounds a mix between a Slavic language, Romanian and Turkish to my uneducated ears but I can see the words which show me that it's a completely different language.
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Originally Posted by
Regent
Like a mix between Turkish and Romanian.
Even tough it's not Latin influenced it does sound a little(maybe because of the exorcist voice :D )
it is very latin influenced:P
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Originally Posted by
Ushtari
it is very latin influenced:P
Oh,in school we learned Albanian as ''Other or Unknown'' origin so I didn't know.That explains a lot.
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Originally Posted by
Regent
Oh,in school we learned Albanian as ''Other or Unknown'' origin so I didn't know.That explains a lot.
it is derived from a paleo-balkan language, but its heavy latin influenced
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It doesn't sound very Turkish to me, more like Romanian.
I think it's an attractive language :thumb001:
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This is the Shkodra dialect, a very clean and complete version of Alb which was also official before 1945. You should hear some guys from Kuksi or Tropoja, ;)
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I know only one word:flutra (butterfly) :)
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It does not sounds at all turkish to me.
Maybe some words are souding a little close to south slavic,but only some words.
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it sounds nice,,not too harsh.. pleasant sound
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it sounds enough that I would not want to be called gheg albanian speaker
I am sorry but that is my opinion
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Originally Posted by
Whitebastard
it sounds enough that I would not want to be called gheg albanian speaker
I am sorry but that is my opinion
you could have made us happy but you chose to make us completely excited about you never wanting to join the uberghegs:D
thx dude
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Where do people see Turkish influence:confused:
Sounds like Romanian with Russian obertones.
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Originally Posted by
dralos
you could have made us happy but you chose to make us completely excited about you never wanting to join the uberghegs:D
thx dude
you are welcome;)
anyway its only language:rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by
Padre Organtino
Where do people see Turkish influence:confused:
Sounds like Romanian with Russian obertones.
Sounds something like Latin - Slavic
Dont feel the turkish at all.
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it doesn't sound atall russian,turkish
romanian is possible since we share like 300words
but for the most part it's just typical balkanic
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I don't think it resembles Romanian or Turkish at all (even though the former does originate from the eastern Adriatic coast) and it doesn't have enough "ć"s to sound Serbo-Croat.
Easily recognizable as Albanian, but mind you, the reader must be a rather high-profile actor, or writer. Impressive voice.
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Originally Posted by
Unik
Most people say gheg Albanian sounds like French to them. :)
Yes sound also like Portugese.
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I get a very strong Russian vibe from that excerpt.... all the other guesses, Romanian/Latin, Slavic, and I don't know what else...are plausible.... it has an interesting sound but I guess it owes to the narrator's voice as well...
Is Gheg Albanian different to standard Albanian?
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Originally Posted by
Absinthe
I get a very strong Russian vibe from that excerpt.... all the other guesses, Romanian/Latin, Slavic, and I don't know what else...are plausible.... it has an interesting sound but I guess it owes to the narrator's voice as well...
Is Gheg Albanian different to standard Albanian?
standard albanian is based on tosk
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Originally Posted by
dralos
standard albanian is based on tosk
So how different are they?
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Originally Posted by
Absinthe
So how different are they?
i think tosk is kinda smoothier and has more foreign input while gheg is kinda more isolated and more original to illyrian,can be wrong here
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Originally Posted by
Arrow Cross
I don't think it resembles Romanian or Turkish at all (even though the former does originate from the eastern Adriatic coast) and it doesn't have enough "ć"s to sound Serbo-Croat.
Easily recognizable as Albanian, but mind you, the reader must be a rather high-profile actor, or writer. Impressive voice.
The reader is a recognized Albanian actor: Reshat Arbana. He worked as an actor at the national theatre. Very impressive voice indeed, there's something very moving about it and it fits perfectly.
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Originally Posted by
Absinthe
I get a very strong Russian vibe from that excerpt.... all the other guesses, Romanian/Latin, Slavic, and I don't know what else...are plausible.... it has an interesting sound but I guess it owes to the narrator's voice as well...
Is Gheg Albanian different to standard Albanian?
Standard Albanian is more based on the Tosk dialect than Gheg. Standard Albanian is different from either Tosk and Gheg though.
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It's a very unique language but one can sense the slavic/latin influence. Doesn't sound turkish to my ears.
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Can someone also post examples of Tosk language?
Are Tosk and Gheg very different dialects and how so? Do you have problems understanding each other? I'm curious :P
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Originally Posted by
Absinthe
So how different are they?
Tosk is very rhythmic and "heavy" words are spoken correctly and fully
Gheg is more melodic, vowels and consonants are cut some words are even different. Many vowels are long drawn in a hillbilly american way.
[YOUTUBE]mxZMVd0bQk0[/YOUTUBE]
Skinny guy speaks Tosk, fat guy speaks Tirana Gheg.
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Originally Posted by
Ushtari
[YOUTUBE]S7gYo5NXIYo[/YOUTUBE]
Sounds like Gheggamoja.
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Originally Posted by
Absinthe
Can someone also post examples of Tosk language?
Are Tosk and Gheg very different dialects and how so? Do you have problems understanding each other? I'm curious :P
No. Difference does not go up to that level :)
Difference is more pronounced in Grammar. The difference is more pronounced in suffixes.
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Originally Posted by
Illyrian
No. Difference does not go up to that level :)
Difference is more pronounced in Grammar. The difference is more pronounced in suffixes.
So it's like, e.g. Bokmål and Nynorsk? :p
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This Gheg example is spoken in northern albania and montenegro, while the gheg spoken in Kosovo is a bit different.
The difference between Kosovo albanian and the one spoken in southern albania is like Swedish vs Norweigan
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Originally Posted by
Ushtari
The difference between Kosovo albanian and the one spoken in southern albania is like Swedish vs Norweigan
Alright! :thumb001:
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Originally Posted by
Ushtari
This Gheg example is spoken in northern albania and montenegro, while the gheg spoken in Kosovo is a bit different.
The difference between Kosovo albanian and the one spoken in southern albania is like Swedish vs Norweigan
There is regional differences, even FYROM Albanians sound a bit different from Kosovars especially those from Gjakova.
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Originally Posted by
Leo
There is regional differences, even FYROM Albanians sound a bit different from Kosovars especially those from Gjakova.
gjakova dialect rocks
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Originally Posted by
Absinthe
So it's like, e.g. Bokmål and Nynorsk? :p
There are similarities, but we do not treat it in that way (problematic) the issue of dialects. We consider them like national wealth.
Standardisation has received more from Tosk dialect but has not ruled Gheg dialect.
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The biggest differences between Tosk and Gheg is that Tosk there was a rhotacism in Tosk and some grammatical features such as the lack of an infinitive in Tosk.
An example of the aforementioned rhotacism, the first being Gheg and the second Tosk: mėni->mėri (meaning wrath, anger). In Gheg there's the infinitive such as 'me punue' (to work) - Tosk lacks that, instead it uses finitives.
This site has some general information on the Albanian language, and there's a lot of recordings to listen to there - including Arbėreshė, Arvanite, Ukranian Albanians, Arbanasi (from Croatia), Bulgaria and Turkey. Additional information on Albanian grammar.
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It doesn't sound Turkish at all ! Clear your ears people !
It sounds unique, the sounds are close to Serbian & Greek, and maybe a little bit Ossetian.
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The difference between Kosovo albanian and the one spoken in southern albania is like Swedish vs Norweigan
really?
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Originally Posted by
bosnian
really?
Yes