Arbëresh vs Sicilian vs Albanian (How Connected Are They?)

Albanian is a unique languages that occupies an independent branch within the Indo-European family. It is an official language in Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia, and has minority status in Italy, Romania, Montenegro, and Serbia. The Albanian language has a wide range of varieties, with two major groups of Gheg and Tosk. Within the Tosk group, Arbëresh is one of the five sub-dialects, with the other ones being Northern Tosk, Labërisht, Çam, and Arvanitika. Arbëresh (arbërisht) derives from a medieval variety of Tosk and retains many features of medieval Albanian. It is spoken by the Arbëreshë people in Italy.
In this video we'll take a look at how well a Sicilian and an Albanian speaker can work together as a team to understand Arbëresh.
Salvatore (Sicilian speaker) and Hazis (Albanian speaker) will listen to several sentences that Martin has put together in Arbëresh containing words that originate from both Albanian and Sicilian origin and try to guess the full meaning.
Tosk (toskë or toskërisht) is the basis of the standard Albanian language, with the major Tosk-speaking groups being the Myzeqars of Myzeqe, Labs of Labëria, Chams of Çamëria, Arvanites of Greece and the Arbëreshë of Italy. The Gheg variety (gegnisht) is spoken in northern and central Albania, Kosovo, northwestern North Macedonia, southeastern Montenegro and southern Serbia.
Please contact us on Instagram if you have any questions or feedback: / bahadoralast
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Video of Martin talking about Arbëresh: • Video
Video of Martin having a conversation with an Arvantika speaker from Tycheró in North-East Greece: • EXCLUSIVE: Thracian Ar...
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Source for the maps used in the video: / royal_heritage_albania

[@rossofull]

I appreciate the work you guys are doing for our language and culture, keep going my friends and thank you.

[@gurgenartsimovich8893]

Thank you fellas for the diligent work in exhibiting languages that humanity takes little to no notice of.

[@dragasan3571]

That was incredible! I really enjoyed it. :)

[@irinabosco]

I'm italian and I didn't know about the existence of Arbëreshë people in Italy 😲 wow

[@aviationfansalbania2332]

Since Albanian yllirian Queen Teuta lost the war with Roman’s , Albanians continue mix with Italian culture for 13 centuries 1000-1300 years ! Albania to Italy shortest point is 80km (Vlora -Lecce) ! Ci divide il mare nostrum !!

[@irinabosco]

@@aviationfansalbania2332 grazie delle delucidazioni!

[@corinneskitchen]

That's sad. I worry about the Italian education system.

[@topalosman2771]

albanians are wannabe italians 😂 an albanian tries to be an italian all his life 😂

[@eduartluca4014]

Sei ignorante per questo non lo sai

[@767scarecrow]

Thank you for this, Bahador. The more comprehensive videos with a language expert in them are often the best.

[@OutrageousPenalty]

that's the kind of content i needed, very cool keep up the good work

[@sabinamuhametaj6463]

I really liked this video it was very entertaining and the guy who speak albanian is awesome.I learned a lot today even if im albanian myself.Great job.Well done

[@tuttifruttile]

I'm a Brazilian Portuguese speaker and I understood almost half of the first sentence in Arbëresh. I couldn't completely get it but some words felt familiar enough to get an idea of what he was talking about. Sicilian was easier but it's definitely different from Italian and I wasn't expecting that since I had never heard of it until I clicked the video. Albanian is just hard lol but it probably has some words borrowed from Latin I guess so I can understand ~some words~ but not an entire sentence. Pretty cool video

[@truththruknowlej]

Thank God there is someone out there the understands the difference between ‘Albanian’ and ‘Albanic’, and showcases it in an educative and entertaining way! As a comparative historical linguistic in training and enthusiast, I feel it’s imperative and very interesting to clearly display these differences visually so we can understand and appreciate these languages. Good work and keep on doing whatcha do :)

[@ARBERESH]

Thank you Christopher

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

I've had similar problems with Turkic vs Turkish and Italic vs Italian. The former being especially controversial, with people unaware of the difference, or at least the fact that English uses the term "Turkic".

[@albdrill]

Albanic don’t exist. Cuz arberesh is not an official language. Modern albanian came from arberesh without the Italian mix

[@ARBERESH]

@@albdrill that’s wrong. Arberesh is an official language of Italy

[@levaltshuler1315]

Really cool to know about the Sicilian language and this fascinating connection.

[@abrahamalikhanian4269]

Very interesting video that dives into some deep connections.

[@dori25t]

Thanks Martin

[@lidiacuccia7520]

What a great way to explain where we are with our language! It is fun, clear, and didactic. I hope this paves the way toward the rehabilitation of Arbëresh. There is nothing wrong with mixing up languages when different peoples with different cultures, traditions, and languages meet and live together for centuries. There is no other possible result. We must take care of this language, take care of it and be extremely proud. Thanks, Martín Di Maggio for your great job!

[@ARBERESH]

Thank you Lidia and thank you to Bahador for the platform

[@santosh-un2bj]

This is a good project for combining of historical and linguistic knowledge. I am feeling blessed that I visited the beautiful country of Albania 🇦🇱❤️🇮🇳

[@letsTAKObout_it]

This is so cool!

[@denissaliaj9459]

I love the explanations ❤️🇦🇱🇮🇹

[@ARBERESH]

which ones did you like the most?

[@Aaron-ug2rz]

@@ARBERESH the one about the bus

[@nightowl1826]

Very enlightening video with great in-depth knowledge that any language and history fan would greatly relish

[@laurenford9057]

Arbëria sas a principality ruled by the native Progoni family, and the first Albanian state to emerge in recorded history. The principality was established in 1190 by the native archon Progon in the region surrounding Kruja, to the east and northeast of Venetian territories. Progon was succeeded by his sons Gjin and then Demetrius (Dhimitër), who managed to retain a considerable degree of autonomy from the Byzantine Empire.

[@lilylebowsky5908]

Sa bukur!! Beautiful 💖💖💖

[@hassanalast6670]

Good to know about the Albanian language

[@seanfitzgerald2946]

This is very interesting because you can see the history unfold before your eyes.

[@Kosovoalbaner06]

It was truly interesting to watch I got most of the arbëreshë word (albanian orgin) and i got sugar in sicilan(i have know clue how to write) Arbëreshë in Italy come from Toskëria(southern part of Albania and from Morea(located in Greece) Northernwesternpart of Greece populated by albanians until 50-s The word shti means-now is used more from albanians living in Preševo Valley In standard is tani but tash is used more in Kosovo(where i live) Kriet-head albanians in Preševo Valley say kriet ,in Kosovë we say kryet or krytë i say krytë. Respect for you guys

[@ARBERESH]

Now in arberesh is nani

[@Kosovoalbaner06]

@@ARBERESH Okay

[@alleshi5]

Well done 👏 ✔ great, we can see link in language.

[@alandrosstettina1843]

I'm glad Sicilian is recognized as a language..... In which it is.

[@mithridatesi9981]

I met one Sicilian guy who said that it is not an own language. Strange

[@doncorleone3082]

Do you support the independent Sicilian state?

[@doncorleone3082]

@@mithridatesi9981 was he against the MIS? Movement for the Independence of Sicily (Muvimentu pâ Nnipinnenza dâ Sicilia)

[@alandrosstettina1843]

@@doncorleone3082 I think Sicily deserves independence, yes.

[@ibnqayyimal-jawziyya5677]

@@alandrosstettina1843 but the Emirate of Sicily was an Islamic kingdom that ruled Sicily from 831 to 1091.

[@spata84]

Kleu - "ishte" or "qe" depending on verb conjugation and mood ( dont remember wich tense ). Stil in use today in diferent phonetics though. And for God sake what does it mean "we dont use vum but vendos", it is past tense first person plural of the same verb "vendos".

[@dashohoxha]

"vendos" and "vë" are two synonyms with exactly the same meaning. unë vura, ti vure, ai vuri, ne vumë, ju vutë ata vunë. "vendos" has its own conjugation. However "vë" is a bit dialectic and the guy maybe was not familiar with it.

[@illyrian3057]

Përshëndetje te gjithë fiseve Ilire 🇦🇱❤

[@davidscwimer1974]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@aviationfansalbania2332]

Pershendetje nga fisi Taulanti dhe Albanoi !

[@petarpan4234]

Aahahaha between Albanan and Iliri have 700 years empty time.Albanan come from Kavkaz Albania then run from Persian to Sycily then from sycily 1043 with Byzantine like cheap are come t9 Serbian land and stays.Becouse that This language are very similarly. Greek come from Egypt and Azia Minor Asiria solger and fisherman J2 hoplegrupe and Serbian is R1, I2, E SAME LIKE SERBIAN CIVILIZATION LEPENSKI VIR 9500BC Same letters from Vinca culture 5500BC symbols, genetic, land ,calendar,costumes....

[@elsa2143]

@@petarpan4234 cmon liar, atleast admit that our language sounds very old and elegant

[@petarpan4234]

@@elsa2143 no

[@fazrazfarzam4688]

Wonder if it would be a possibility to bring Achomi language

[@PrizrenaliZH]

Respect to Hazis Duka (the guy on the right site). He did a good job representing an intelligent and interested Albanian. As Albanian myself I felt a lack of interest with the former video partners who were Albanians.

[@giovonne]

I speak Spanish but oh how I wish Albanian was a little more understandable it’s an awesome language

[@dios1ish868]

There's some good news. There's at least one word as far as I know, which is very similar to Spanish. It comes from the Albanian Gheg/Northern dialect, which has been said to be the oldest dialect. The word: Chica in Spanish means Girl, In Albanian Gheg/Northern Dialect one of the words they use for Girl/Daughter is Çikë/Çika and it's pronounced similar. So, now you can say that you know at least one Albanian word, which is in Spanish as well. 😁

[@julianxpaw8826]

ANDALE in Spanish .Me in Albanian uderstand this A NADALE =DO STOP

[@user-kw7fe1dv3j]

Analbanian is a mixture of other languages, nothing special, i was forced to speak it myself, its vocabulary is very poor.

[@dios1ish868]

@@user-kw7fe1dv3j Why would you name this language with a banal word? No one has ever forced anyone to speak Albanian, but the other way around has been done, with greek to other populations. Shame on you. It's good so everyone can see how hateful you are. Sad and pathetic.

[@Flovandam747]

@@user-kw7fe1dv3j Hahahahah you where forced u cant even speak albanian first of all modern greeks are albanian/turkish/bulgarian and vlachs and all your modern heros are albanian and you all know it, even all the old gods and heroes have 0 meaning in greek but pretty much all have some meaning in albanian. You guys are just a joke and ur fake history is falling apart now tell me how did some "force you" biggest joke ever we are in 2022 not 1900

[@jasminaj3682]

A video including Albanian while I’m in Albania?! I feel spoiled thank you!

[@Rider-ed2mr]

A noble and commendable cause

[@BullsEye89]

In Kosova we can and do bend a lot of words sometimes that sounds close to arbereshe.

[@pritamroy8872]

Mr. Bahadoor please make a video on Sanskrit with one Slavic language.

[@davidscwimer1974]

Do a video about the griko people of Italy and Sicily they have been there since ancient times !

[@doncorleone3082]

What language is spoken by them?

[@davidscwimer1974]

@@doncorleone3082 Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is the dialect of Italiot Greek spoken by Griko people in Salento (province of Lecce) and in Calabria. The Calabrian dialect of Greek, or Grecanico is the variety of Italiot Greek used by the ethnic Griko people in Calabria, as opposed to the Italiot Greek dialect spoken in the Grecìa Salentina. Both are remnants of the Ancient and Byzantine Greek colonization of the region.

[@supermavro6072]

@@davidscwimer1974 Utter BS, there is no Greek dialect in ltaly.

[@davidscwimer1974]

@@supermavro6072 pfff another turko Albanian without an education … here let me educate your poor ass … you probably don’t read books so il send you some you tube links where you got your “degree” from … 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5LLpaWGat-neLM kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2HRhZ6um9OYd6c en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griko_language You don’t need to apologise.. but you can admit your ignorance 😂 🚗 🧼

[@southepirote7676]

@@davidscwimer1974 ultranationalist Greek propaganda claiming everyone as Greek

[@samanthamitchellprete5646]

My family on my mothers side are part Arbëreshë ❤ I wish my family would have kept with the language bur it died down once they came to America in the early 1900s. I would love to learn the language but idk where to go...

[@BahadorAlast]

Check out Martin's channel: youtube.com/@ARBERESH?si=HAcxYVbqDkO14ttb

[@s.keikhosro_5555]

Some Similarity between persian and english Daughter=Dkokhtar/Star=setare/ no=na/mother=madar/ father =pedar /brother=baradar/ bad=bad /nam=name /static = ista /indoor =andarun/by =ba/off=oft/body =badan/garm=warm /circle=gerdal or gerdaly but in formal dayere is used arabic form/divar =the wall/eyebrow=abroo/cry=gerye/group=grooh/er for job became gar /ist in germany is in english in persian ast so nist in germany and persian means is not Griffen in germany become gereftan in persian means given /dush in persian and dushen in Germany means shower/auto =khod/bache in Netherlands and persian means =baby/ rob=robudan/dark=tarik/ki =who and ki in French/ /to stand /istadan/thunder=tondarSome Similarity between persian and english Daughter=Dkokhtar/Star=setare/ no=na/mother=madar/ father =pedar /brother=baradar/ bad=bad /nam=name /static = ista /indoor =andarun/by =ba/off=oft/body =badan/garm=warm /circle=gerdal or gerdaly but in formal dayere is used arabic form/divar =the wall/eyebrow=abroo/cry=gerye/group=grooh/er for job became gar /ist in germany is in english in persian ast so nist in germany and persian means is not Griffen in germany become gereftan in persian means given /dush in persian and dushen in Germany means shower/auto =khod/bache in Netherlands and persian means =baby/ rob=robudan/dark=tarik/ki =who and ki in French/ /to stand /istadan/thunder=tondar Chin =chane/lip=lab/right=rast Better=behtar or=ar(in middle persian and in /Iron =Isen in/ And for eye similar to hungarian Need =niaz

[@topalosman2771]

farsi what are you talking about 😂

[@rudinalabaku431]

This is because they are Indo-European languages. Evlija Celebi, an Ottoman traveler who visited Albania in the 17th century, expressed his surprise at the presence of many Persian words he heard, he noticed the same thing in Austria. The Albanian language is considered one of the most conservative languages along with Greek, Sardinian, Armenian, etc.

[@s.keikhosro_5555]

@rudinalabaku431 interesting can u say example of that

[@Paris-ff9hi]

I am Albanian from Macedonia and for me the most beautiful and pure dialect is the dialect of the Korça County(Mokra,Pogradec,Korça,Devoll,Kolonja). It's the same how we talk around the Ohrid and Prespa Lake

[@popeurbanii5981]

In Arberia, Demetrius was the last of Progon family to rule. He considered conversion to Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy for the first time in order to obtain support against his Venetian rivals. This would certainly have been the correct move.

[@thestarsalign3305]

"Posta" in dialect from Puglia and Basilicata is "pustal" and in fact it means autobus, I love that 😍

[@heraklitheraklit]

Only greek...nothin more..

[@Goldenskies__]

6:34 midhema doesn't exist in Eastern sicilian. To say "anche" (italian word) we say "macari" or "puru".

[@tangocash342]

It would be interesting to have people from Italy who speak Croatian dialect as well as people from Austria with their version of Croatian. Those dialects have been separated for the centuries from Croatian proper.

[@berkcandar8013]

The main difference is the Turkish loans in Albanian

[@anonymous3396]

Do Arberesh view themselves as Albanian or Italian ? Or distinct from both ?

[@ARBERESH]

Italian

[@GeoAlekos]

Much love to Sicily and all Italy from Greece 🇬🇷 ❤

[@illyrian3057]

Ohhh no to Albania? 🥱😭

[@GeoAlekos]

@@illyrian3057 Albania is so close I can go anytime to send greetings hehehe

[@illyrian3057]

@@GeoAlekos You're welcome 😊🥰

[@GeoAlekos]

@@illyrian3057 😍😍😍🙈

[@doncorleone3082]

Do you support Sicilian independence?

[@user-up6nk3ti4y]

The word - But - is equal to - Ma - in Italian and - Por - in Albanian , however in Albania we also have - Amo -, or - Ama - , which also means the same thing = But. a) - Un jetoj n’Berlin, amo jom Njujorkeze . (This is Southern Gheg dialect = Tirana) b) - Unë jetoj në Vjenë, por jam Njujorkeze. (This is a standart Albanian) c) - I live in Vienna, but I’m a New Yorker .

[@durimmiziraj4815]

"Vum" is also used in albanian north. We put it on, or we hanged it

[@PrizrenaliZH]

Actually "ma" is also used in few villages in the North of Albania as "por" "but". The villages I know using it are around the Kosovarian city of Istok.

[@ea2322]

Actually its “a ma”

[@PrizrenaliZH]

@@ea2322 true, brother ❤️

[@sunkobra]

Sicilian is a weird one because I don’t think there can be a Sicilian language because we have different dialects and words between ourselves for example someone from Messina might use different words and accent to someone from Palermo it’s maybe similar but not exactly the same.. Anyway good show very interesting.

[@teddyteddington4140]

Well done from gega

[@aviationfansalbania2332]

Please take a man from Shkodra Albania in next episodes !

[@illyrian3057]

Gegnishtja ma e bukur eshte ne Shkoder 💪🇦🇱

[@ahad1609]

@@illyrian3057 Jo por ne Dardani.

[@illyrian3057]

@@ahad1609 Hahahah pikrisht! Po per mrena n'Shqiperi e kisha fjalën! Me pelqen ma s'shumti dialekti Dardanisë! Bile n'rrethin tim e kem dialektin ndryshe prej Dardanisë, por kur bojn muzika këndojn n'dialektin Dardan!

[@aviationfansalbania2332]

@@illyrian3057 Gegnishtja e Shkodres do të thoja eshte me e kuptueshme kur thuhen fjalet me text si Kjo video

[@tangocash342]

Arbëresh? I was confused. Somtimes we use word Arbanasi for Albanians. But I didnt know that Arbëresh people exist in Italy and that you have preserved you language.

[@majlindagebhardt5335]

Martin u r great…we r proud of u 👏🇦🇱💪

[@ARBERESH]

Thank you

[@ahad1609]

Why your husband is German you are leaving nothing of Albanian culture. Frau Gebhardt.

[@aidacastro4066]

This should be done between Martin and a northern Albanian who speaks the Gheg dialect

[@albarmy1]

arbereshe is tosk dialect not malok dialect

[@user-nx6ny8pw2u]

Albanian is very distinct, there is really no language that can be linked to Albanian even though it's classified as Indo-European it's actually very different from all other Indo-European languages.

[@Albanian_History]

It ain’t that different bruh ☠️it’s European and is close to its neighbors especially Greece

[@ThatOneMuslimAlbo_]

@@Albanian_History Albanian is a unique languagexgo back to tik tok kid

[@Albanian_History]

@@ThatOneMuslimAlbo_ yeah European language

[@user-kw7fe1dv3j]

90% of albanian words are foreign :Romanian, latin, greek, slavic and turkish. Albanian is an artificial language

[@Albanian_History]

@@user-kw7fe1dv3j god your propoganda make me laugh so hard

[@ginaibisi777]

Kleu, ka le në Skrapar që përdorët në fshatra(katune)të Kosovës ose ka lindur në Skrapar.

[@ItaliaSicilia18]

👏🏼👏🏼

[@antonioshehu6996]

Damn, we've lost the gh sound!

[@dashohoxha]

Turkish and Arabic have it. It is the sound in the middle of Erdoghan. It is possible that Sicilians got it from Arabic.

[@rafaeldebrasilia]

Kjo gjuhë shqipe është praktikisht mjaft interesante dhe ka një histori të pasur në Evropë. Deri më sot, antropologët nuk e dinë origjinën e gjuhës Banesco dhe dinë vetëm se ajo vjen nga ilirët.

[@valley6824]

Sepse nga ata vjen. Edhe pse nuk është e konfirmuar ka shumë fjalë që lidhen me gjuhën E Ilirëve të lashtë.

[@illyrian3057]

@@valley6824 t gjeta dhe ktu Pz 😄❤❤🇦🇱❤🇦🇱❤🇦🇱

[@valley6824]

@@illyrian3057 😂

[@dori25t]

We still use the word "ler ,lej ,leu & lehona

[@ARBERESH]

How do you say “before I was born”?

[@dori25t]

@@ARBERESH kam lerë This word connected with 'len, lej (lash) & lir i lirë

[@ahad1609]

@@ARBERESH para si te leva in Gheg Albanian Or para qe u linda

[@kazmaitalia8796]

My conclusion is that the Averaging and modern Albanians can barely understand each other , still this was great

[@ARBERESH]

Yes exactly

[@fv9607]

Not really, it's a shame but young Albanians don't really know albanian nowdays...

[@KlaridaJupi]

Well I’m Albanian and I grew up by my grandmother and I understood the arberesh perfectly except by Sicilian words (anyway I understood all as I live in Italy and I know Italian) as Alampu - strange Italian guy didn’t understood that as “a lampo” is fast as a thunder 😅… anyway the guy used the modern Albanian but if he was more in normal talking random people strange he didn’t catch all immediately… anyway just saying

[@sevketcoskun2922]

I recommend to do Turkish and Albanian Part 2 because we have many same words.

[@sevketcoskun2922]

@@oldtimemusical6713 you don't like that loanwords?

[@davidscwimer1974]

@@oldtimemusical6713 yeah Albanians don’t like to admit that most of the Albanian language is loan words from Greek Slavic and Turkish .. hurts their national pride

[@ahad1609]

@@davidscwimer1974 A big lie. Albanians is most cloesly related to ancient Messapic and all Messapic words have close cognates in Albanian. There are some claims by Serbs that 90 percent are loanwords. Which of these words are loanwords Ne jemi nga Dibra ne malet. Ku qenka dera? A mund te hyjme? Cfare kishte thane ai? Nuk kam ndegjuar fare nje njeri te tille. Find me one. If anything we took latin words for words that were Greek or Albanian before. There laconian words of proto-Albanian origin. And Albanian words in Doric.

[@ahad1609]

@@davidscwimer1974 Also Griko people did not live in Southeeb Greece in Ancient times but it is proveb that they came in the middle ages.

[@davidscwimer1974]

@@ahad1609 well historians and linguists have confirmed elements of Doric in the Griko peoples language .. so it is in fact part ancient and part medieval … the Albanian language is in fact 95% loan words from Slavic Latin Greek and Turkish so really no … it’s not a messapic language. The truth hurts … but these communist ideas they have been feeding Albanians are damaging your people.

[@ylliriaalbania326]

Leva'-linda ,nuk eshte geg por tosk arbereshe ,dhe toskja gramatike esht shum ndryshe nga toskrishtja epirote .Late nam duke thene qe cdo dialekt esht geg,njerez pa tru

[@TC-rf1wn]

Ohhh q‘me trullove k….in

[@illyria8119]

a nice idea for this channel, respect from Germany🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@Q2W345]

I guess some italians may have gone to Albania in the past due to Italy colonial aspirations.

[@LauraGarcia-tk1zj]

Interesting for me as a Spanish speaker to hear Sicilian words because we can understand.

[@atp2240]

Means that our people are connected, that's why we Love Spanish, we are Sicilian, Arberesh, Albanian, Ilyrian, Italian, Pure European who protected Christianity from Ottoman empire.

[@ibnqayyimal-jawziyya5677]

@@atp2240 How fortunate were those who were born in the Emirate of Sicily.

[@rehan3600]

@@atp2240 Foolish. Europeans did worse things to fellow Europeans than the Ottomans ever did. You didn’t protect anything except your keyboard.

[@atp2240]

@@rehan3600 ottoman empire is no more , it was never great for european people because of forced religious tactics, forced language learning that never worked, although you say european people did worse, you love to have a european passport. Lol Gjergj kastrioti skenderbeu did win against the biggest empire in 14 and 15 century for 25 years against the biggest army in the world. Don't be proud to be an invader because the world spins and invaders become invaded by outsiders or insider's.

[@esti-od1mz]

@@ibnqayyimal-jawziyya5677 the muslims in the sicilian emirate lived really well. The oppressed christian native population, not so well, I have to say.

[@Visi2121]

Kleu in albanian: u kon, o kon, u kan, ka ken, ka qën, qe, ishte

[@Visi2121]

Mosino - in albanian is : nëmos

[@diellonrrezon5982]

Pershendetje Trima 8 ) Albanian Lindur= Born Albanian Leva= Brought into World Meaning Albanian Pjellur= Brought Forth

[@neazabazi1524]

Respekt per Arbreshet e Italis 🙏 🇦🇱🇮🇹🇺🇸♥️

[@fo6748]

Can an Italian speaker understand Sicilian?

[@MrAlch]

He can pick up a lot of words but he need to get used to it in order to understand it

[@MUTVFORMV]

Not very

[@HarryHaller-jd7hz]

In south Italy, there are two big family of dialects : dialects born by sicilian and dialects born by napolitan. The first are speaking in Sicily , south Calabria and south Puglia; and the second are speaking in the other part of south Italy. Normally also in the part that are speaking the napolitan dialects can understand sicilian, but not all the words. In other part of Italy can understand some words of sicilian but less than in south Italy.

[@_juan.joao_]

Same happens with the idiom of arvanites in Greece. It's albanian in origin with many greek words in it.

[@Jason-cu2tz]

How do you know that?

[@_juan.joao_]

@@Jason-cu2tz I live in Greece and it happens to know people that speak "arvanitika""

[@Jason-cu2tz]

@@_juan.joao_ ops sorry John... But I tought that you were a foreigner. You are the first Greek that I heard which declares that arvanitika is Albanian language.

[@_juan.joao_]

@@Jason-cu2tz linguists say that it is basically a tosk dialect with a greek influence.

[@apmoy70]

@@Jason-cu2tz It's medieval Albanian with heavy Greek influence

[@clonmektv8526]

Leva ne ngirterrë (ma) jam Arberesh is also found in Albanian for Example: u leva n’ingliterre (ama) jam Arberesh / geg north Albanian = I was born in England but I am Arberesh.

[@shinkirou3026]

Bravo, ke intuite shum te mire. Ma = ama(per gli italiani si legge amà) = però

[@ginaibisi777]

Levan linda

[@ginaibisi777]

Kam lindur, linda, leva

[@yvonne530]

Albanian is the mother of all languages, especially Gheg dialect. It can decipher the symbols - God's language and other languages. When you compare Sanskrit and Albanian, they are very similar, but Albanian is more powerful and lives today. Latin and old Greek languages can be easy deciphered from Albanian language too. These languages are dead today. Ask why? References: "Albanian and Sanskrit" by Petro Zheji, " The mesianic role of the Albanian Language" by Petro Zheji, "The Enigma" by Robert D'Angely, "Thoth spoke Albanian" by Giuseppe Catapano. Other References: Bopp, Johan Georg von Hahn, Holger Pedersen, Benloew, Joseph Ritter von Xylander, Stier, Schneider, Rozny, Georgiev, Majami, Robert Elsie, Lambert, Haarmann.

[@MrPolinikis]

😂 bull shit "The language of the Albanians is unformed and adulterated. In many areas Italian elements have been incorporated into the language, in others Greek and in others Slavonic. Therefore Albanians who live fifty or sixty miles apart do not understand each other. In addition, there are racial differences between the Gegs who live in the wild north and the Tosks in the less rugged south. One would say that they belong to different ethnicities. And indeed this is the case. It would be easy to prove that the Albanians are not one people but half a dozen peoples.. They are the descendants of desperate races who lived defiantly and outside the law and were not exterminated or assimilated by the conqueror but maintained their independence blocked by the "fortress" of the Albanian mountains." (Sir James George Frazer, p. 257-258)

[@heraklitheraklit]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂very famous scientists...clown .you got only dialect...no language .

[@leonidas1093]

When similarities between greek and albanian?

[@BahadorAlast]

Eventually! I wanna do it in-person.

[@tonyv8479]

That is going to be an interesting one. Is going to start a war in the comment section tho 🤣

[@ARBERESH]

For this also arberesh would be good because we have words that don’t exist in albanian but do exist in Greek

[@leonidas1093]

@@ARBERESH would be interesting as well👍

[@valley6824]

@@tonyv8479 not really. We hate their politics and country not the people. Well some of them yes but not all.

[@jimcrown21]

Arbëresh what is?

[@853dlg]

Language of the Albanians who migrated to italy in 15th century.

[@bennyblanco10]

I am albanian from kosova and understand all from the arberesh

[@paolorossi9180]

Salutamu picciotti

[@aleksanderthana5953]

Fjala “leva” (linda, kam lindur) eshte e shqipes se jugut, Jo veriut. Veriu nuk thote “leva djale, leva vajze”, por jugu.

[@KingLinm]

That albanian man doesn’t speak good gheg. “Leva” is used in northern gheg.

[@josephcaruso7815]

I met an Albanian women and her daughter who was referring to herself as "Nonna" when talking with her grandchildren. I assumed that she was Italian, but she told me she was from Kosovo and spoke Albanian, but I'm confused because "Grandmother" in Albanian does not translate to "Nonna".

[@megangjoka9998]

In the Gheg dialect (which is the dialect used in Kosovo as well) they refer to the grandmother as “nona” or in some other nothern regions “nana”. In the Tosk dialect (that is spoken in southern Albania) they refer to the grandmother as “nëna”. These are also terms that could be used to refer to your mother especially in north Albania. However in southern Albania, we mostly refer to our mothers as “mami”.

[@TC-rf1wn]

Respekte 🇽🇰 🇦🇱

[@Jamirshkoder1168]

Gjuha Arbreshe dhe traditat Arbereshe duhej te jene pasuri kulturore te uneskos.

[@lorik0109]

Arberesh mixed albanian old with Italian

[@ARBERESH]

With old Sicilian

[@MUTVFORMV]

Nothing italian here

[@supermavro6072]

Are there any Greek speakers in Sicily.

[@ARBERESH]

Not native

[@davidscwimer1974]

Yes the griko people .. they have been in southern Italy since antiquity

[@davidscwimer1974]

@@ARBERESH en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griko_language 🇬🇷

[@davidscwimer1974]

Yes

[@bennsudoku3010]

Until recently, all adherents of the Byzantine Churches were referred to as Greeks.

[@ginaibisi777]

Ma (ama) por jam Arbëresh

[@rosellalibra86]

U jam ka vakarizi ar breshe è fiasarbresh kuptonj ed è gjuhen shqipe e il dialetto siciliano simile al calabrese

[@youtubearkiv7612]

O dibran po e paske harru dibranshen se krie i thonë . Edhe klije në Dibër i thonë kje për shembull: kje tu ra shi

[@Luca-wq3uf]

Hello, does anyone here speak Arbëreshë Albanian and English? I am hiring people for a paid remote project.

[@doncorleone3082]

Long live Sicilianism! Long live PdS (Partito dei Siciliani). Victory will come to those who fight for it ✊✊✊

[@corinneskitchen]

fuck yeah

[@ardianislami2736]

Duhet te mendojn se kto fjal i perdorim ma shum ne kosov leva jo qe ka dallime te mdhaja

[@popeurbanii5981]

Albanian Catholics preferred a Catholic Italian power as their protector instead of the Orthodox Serbs and Greeks.

[@ARBERESH]

our ancestors weren't catholic, they were all Orthodox.

[@illyrian3057]

@@ARBERESH are Arbereshes today Orthodox? I mean are you yourself Orthodox?

[@ahad1609]

@Prof. Spudd Low IQ answer. Ghegs were orthodox. Only Italians persuaded the Albanians to become Catholic.

[@alismaka2010]

Mos fol palidhje na jemi gjithe shqiptar

[@ginaibisi777]

Hape radion😅

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Arbereshe and Tosk are not mutually intelligle.

[@s.keikhosro_5555]

Pure turk is like chinese turkieh and azarbaigan are not turk ....😁

[@teoo8816]

@@s.keikhosro_5555 what.

[@denissaliaj9459]

The dialectal tosk its understandable but not 100% ofc since the split of arberesh and tosk happened since 1300-1500 from the native Epirus.

[@s.keikhosro_5555]

@@denissaliaj9459 I said to papaza he is stupid and lol 😆

[@s.keikhosro_5555]

@@teoo8816 I said to papaza he is stupid

[@lefisallata206]

Duhet nje shqiptar tosk I camerise

[@paolo3319]

Leva eshte lind ne kohen e shkuar ne gegrisht

[@ardianislami2736]

Kjo i bjen leva(linda) ngirterre jam arbresh

[@kripat2414]

Turkalbanians kick out arberesh because they were Muslims and now tell them that they are brotherly friends 😂 with same language

[@southepirote7676]

The place called Greece never existed before as we know it today. The people who live in so called Greece today used to be called "Romej" during Byzantine Empire and "Raja" during Ottoman Empire times (except the Arvanitas who used to be called always by their name like "Albani", "Arbanoi", etc.) and the name "Greece" never existed during Byzantine times. The people who live in the so called Greece today are NOT the descendants of ancient Greece (as the world history knows it). That ancient culture and civilization, unfortunately went extinct times ago, like many other ancient civilizations (like Latin civilization as well, language of which is spoken only in the certain official religious ceremonies in Vatican today and for international medical terminology). During Ottoman times in the Balkans, after the big powers pushed for an uprising in the place that today is called "Greece", an independent country was formed in 1821-1832. The majority of the population there was of Arvanitas (and Chameria) stock, they also were the backbone of the uprising for independence from the Ottoman Empire. The rest of the minority population was of Slav, Turks and Aromanian stock. After the gain of independence the place was so divided, and with a prolonged civil war that a real country could not be formed. Fearing the disintegration of the place after Ottomans left (and possibility of a return of the Ottomans), Prince Otto of Germany was brought in by European powers to clear the mess and do nation - building there. He was proclaimed King of the place by big powers and given plenipotentiary powers. The Price Otto royal family in Germany happen to be an admirer of the ancient civilizations, one of them being the extinct ancient Greek civilization, traces and archeological findings of which are also seen in that region called today "Greece" as well. Being an ancient history romantic and buff, Otto came up with the idea, that the only way to keep the place together and for a chance to build a country there, was to adopt/impose some kind of neutral/foreign ancient language and culture for all people living in that place, that will make possible for the people to stick together under one language and culture imposed on them. So with a special royal decree, he proclaimed a version of the ancient Greek (the easier one to be taught and learned by people there in those times) as an official language of the place, and also came up with the new name for the place, calling it with a special royal decree "Greece". Everything else was banned, and the new "country" formed, was ordered to be rebuild anew in resemblance of the old romantic view of the ancient Greek civilization, starting with the buildings, names of people, places, cities and villages, regions, mountains, fields and all were changed to made-up names loaned by the ancient literature of ancient Greek civilization. This of course was associated with money brought by European powers to rebuild. The more people in that place agreed with the change of their true national and ethnic identity and declare themselves artificially "Greeks/Helenes" and adopt to the new order, the more money was to be pouring in. Naturally, the strongest resistance to this artificial and made-up solution, was made by the Arvanitas (and Chameria), but at no avail. With loss by one vote in the Price Otto's Parliament of that time, of Arvanitas proposal to have the Albanian (Arvanite) language as an official language of the place called 'Greece" today, and to call the new country "Arvanoi" (instead of "Greece"). There is plenty of scientific and factual evidence, archival and historical documents, as well as studies and publications by major authors and authorities in the field about as above. One interesting fact here, is that one of the earlier German/Austrian well known historians and scientists of that time, Fallmerayer, alerted Prince Otto and others to this nonsense, of declaring a whole people and place by a name not belonging to them, and injecting an extinct language, culture and civilization on people who had no idea about it and did not belong to it at all. Well, Fallmerayer may have proven to be right. By the way, Fallmerayer, is a banned figure and historian in what is called Greece today. Germany is still paying for the Otto's mistake, even today. It has gotten stuck with the country so called "Greece". It is now forced to pour free money, even today, out of Germany's pocket (through European Union as well) year after year to keep it alive and going, as this "Greece" cannot stand on its own. It is an artificial creation of Prince Otto's fantasy (a "zombie" country so to speak), and the new generations of the Germans and Europeans are continuing to pay the price for it. Moreover, what Prince Otto did back then, is tantamount to ethnic cleansing. He forced inhabitants of a whole region/place (called "Greece" today) to change by force their culture, language, national and ethnic identity to something else that those people were not, so they could artificially change in order to look modern and civilized (like ancient Greeks in Otto's personal view) and possibly be united. And of course, Arvanites and Chams (as the majority population in the region) suffered mostly from this ethnic cleansing. All this revelation, informs another major point: history taught about what today is called Greece, it appears to be taught wrong. People are wrongly taught in schools that today's Greece and its people are the direct descendants of ancient Greeks. Greece and Greeks of today, in some extend, also think they are superior to others just because they are called "Greeks" and their country "Greece" by decree (not by the virtue of the truth). They also seem to believe for some reason, they are entitled to the German and European money being handed out to them. The school textbooks and historiography should change, telling people the truth as it is. And with this, will come many other changes, in the way we see relations with the country called "Greece" today

[@MrPolinikis]

Omg good your so jealous of Greeks and Greece 🫢

[@MrPolinikis]

"The language of the Albanians is unformed and adulterated. In many areas Italian elements have been incorporated into the language, in others Greek and in others Slavonic. Therefore Albanians who live fifty or sixty miles apart do not understand each other. In addition, there are racial differences between the Gegs who live in the wild north and the Tosks in the less rugged south. One would say that they belong to different ethnicities. And indeed this is the case. It would be easy to prove that the Albanians are not one people but half a dozen peoples.. They are the descendants of desperate races who lived defiantly and outside the law and were not exterminated or assimilated by the conqueror but maintained their independence blocked by the "fortress" of the Albanian mountains." (Sir James George Frazer, p. 257-258)

[@southepirote7676]

@@MrPolinikis Me (Cham Albanian) can easily understand a Kosovo Albanian. Also tosk and gheg are accents of the Albanian language, not tribes you Greek nationalist bigot 😂 Greeks are a mix of many races and don't belong to one ethnicity but many ethnicities such as Slavs, Italians, Albanians and Turks.

[@MrPolinikis]

@@southepirote7676 yes after the fake Albanian state was created the language was standardised in schools for all the different ethnicities that live there … all the Slavs … Greeks (they kept their identities as usual) Turks gypsys where assimilated in the modern nation when Albania started in the 1920s.

[@southepirote7676]

@@MrPolinikis BWAHAHA "fAKe AlBAniAn sTaTe". God I love to hear you pseudo Balkan conspiracy theorists. Thank god we have you to keep getting us entertained with your ramblings 😂