Arvanitika

Meaning

1. An archaic form of the Albanian language spoken by a linguistic minority in Greece.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Greek αρβανίτικα (arvanítika), a dialectal variant of αλβανικά (alvaniká, “Albanian”) related to Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs). Borrowed from the Albanian word and self-designation Arbër, rhotic variant of Arbën.

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