Languages of the Balkans

This is a list of languages spoken in regions ruled by Balkan countries. With the exception of several Turkic languages, Hungarian, and 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.

Contents 1 Indo-European languages 1.1 Albanian 1.2 Hellenic languages 1.3 Romance languages 1.4 Slavic languages 1.4.1 Western South Slavic 1.4.2 Transitional Dialects 1.4.3 Eastern South Slavic 1.5 Indo-Aryan languages 2 Uralic languages 3 Turkic languages 4 Ibero-Caucasian languages 5 Extinct languages 6 See also

[edit] Indo-European languages

• Armenian

[edit] Albanian

• Arvanitika
  • Northwestern Arvanitika
  • Southcentral Arvanitika
  • Thracean Arvanitika
• Gheg
• Tosk

[edit] Hellenic languages

• Cappadocian Greek
• Standard Greek
• Pontic Greek
• Tsakonian

[edit] Romance languages

• Aromanian
• Istriot (in western Istria)
• Istro-Romanian (In eastern Istria)
• Italian (on the Adriatic coast)
• Ladino (in Greece and Turkey)
• Megleno-Romanian (Meglenenitic)
• Romanian
• Moldovan

[edit] Slavic languages

[edit] Western South Slavic

• Bosnian
• Bunjevac
• Croatian
• Montenegrin
• Serbian
• Slovenian

[edit] Transitional Dialects

• Transitional Serbian/Serbo-Croatian dialects (Torlakian/Našinski)
• Transitional Bulgarian dialects

[edit] Eastern South Slavic

• Bulgarian
• Macedonian

[edit] Indo-Aryan languages

• Romani

[edit] Uralic languages

• Hungarian

[edit] Turkic languages

• Crimean Tatar
• Gagauz
• Tatar
• Turkish

[edit] Ibero-Caucasian languages

• Circassian

[edit] Extinct languages

These are extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans

• Dacian
• Dalmatian
• Eteocretan
• Eteocypriot
• Illyrian
• Lemnian
• Liburnian
• Ottoman
• Paeonian
• Pelasgian
• Phrygian
• Thracian

[edit] See also

• Balkan linguistic union
• Paleo-Balkan languages

v • d • e Balkan countries Geographically fully located Albania · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Greece · Kosovo1 · Macedonia · Montenegro Significantly located Serbia · Croatia Mostly outside of the peninsula Romania · Slovenia · Turkey · Italy See also Balkans · Southeast Europe · History of the Balkans · Balkan languages (Sprachbund) · Balkanization 1 Declared independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008 and is recognised by 69 United Nations member states.