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Sigma KEE - ArberesheAlbanianLanguage
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arbereshe albanian language
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The ArberesheAlbanianLanguage is a ToskGroupAlbanianLanguage of Italy. SIL code: AAE. ISO 639-2: ine. Population: 80,000 (L. Newmark) to 100,000 speakers (N. Vincent in B. Comrie 1987), out of a population of 260,000 (1976 M. Stephens). Region: Southern, Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Molise, Sicily. Alternate names: ARBERESHE. Dialects: SICILIAN ALBANIAN, CALABRIAN ALBANIAN, CENTRAL MOUNTAIN ALBANIAN, CAMPO MARINO ALBANIAN. Comments: Speakers say the four Italian dialects are not inherently intelligible with each other. 45% lexical similarity with Tosk Albanian. Speakers are bilingual in Italian and regional Italian varieties in varying degrees, one report says they are highly bilingual. Albanian is the language of the home. Strong position in some districts. Not used in schools. No official status. Descendents of 15th century mercenaries. Some literature. Investigation needed: bilingual proficiency in Italian, attitudes toward Italian. Farmers, shepherds. Christian. Bible portions 1868-1869.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | albanian language | An AlbanianLanguage is any of four closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in Albania and nearby countries.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | content bearing physical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| | entity | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| | human language | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| | indo european language | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | language | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| | language family | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| | linguistic expression | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| | natural language | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| | physical | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
| | tosk group albanian language | Of the four AlbanianLanguage, three are classified as a ToskGroupAlbanianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
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