Leomir Smajli
Abstract
During the realization of this paper, it is envisaged to reflect the connection of Albanian with the Balkan languages. As we know, the Albanian language is one of the oldest Balkan languages and is part of the Indo-European languages. In Kosovo or Albania and wherever Albanian is spoken, there are influences of foreign languages with or without cause, whether from: borrowings, the albanianization of words, neologisms, or consequently from modern technological influences which are inevitable nowadays, and so on resulting in closeness with the surrounding Balkan languages.
The purpose of this topic is to examine the relationships and mutual influences between Albanian and other Balkan languages, emphasizing the common linguistic features and analyzing the linguistic interaction.
The aim is to highlight the features that testify to a long linguistic and cultural coexistence in the Balkan space, as well as to understand the role of Albanian in this process within the framework of the common features of Balkan discourse.
By delving into such a study, whether research, historical or etymological of words or relying on their external similarity, whether sound (phonetic aspect) and taking into account the historical development of languages within the Balkan context, we arrive at the conclusion of the linguistic connections in question.
We are mainly dealing with the emphasis on information, developments, connections, adaptations, and even comparisons with Balkan languages. The characteristic of the approximation of Albanian to Balkan languages, whether from the semantic content of language units; or in the lexical meaning of words and expressions as well as phraseological expressions summarized in semantic units, clearly shows the inter-Balkan connections.
The focus of the topic is with a special treatment showing the connections between the past and the present, based on the chronology of the connections of the Balkan languages historically.
Keywords: Balkan languages, connections, comparisons, approximations, Indo-European languages.
Volume 10, No.2 (2025): April
ISSN 2661-2666 (Online) International Scientific Journal Monte (ISJM)
ISSN 2661-264X (Print)
DOI : 10.33807/monte.20253315
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.33807/monte.20253315
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