Arvanitic (αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ)
Arvanitic or Arvanitika is a descendent of Albanian spoken by the Arvanite people in Greece, especially in southern Greece. It is closely related to the Tosk dialect of Albanian and Arbëresh, the dialect of Albanian spoken in Italy and there is considerable mutual intelligibility between these varieties.
There are somewhere between 30,000 and 150,000 speakers of Arvanitic in about 300 villages, and all of the them also speak Greek. Intergenerational transmission of the language decreasing and the language shift towards Greek has accelerating in recent years.
Arvanitic it is not often written. The Latin alphabet is generally used nowadays, and the Greek alphabet was used in the past.
η, χ, ψ and ω are also used, but only in Greek loanwords and names.
Sample text (Lord's Prayer)
Áti ýnë që jé ndë qiéjet, ushënjtëróft' émëri ýt. árthtë mbëretëría jóte; ubëftë dashurími ýt, si ndë qiél, edhé mbë dhét; búkënë tónë të përdítëshimen' ép-na néve sót; edhé fálj-na fájetë tóna, sikúndrë edhé néve ua fáljmë fajtórëvet tánë; edhé mos na shtiér ndë ngásie, pó shpëtó-na nga i ljígu; sepsé jótia është mbëretëría e fuqía e ljavdía ndë jétët të jétëvet.
Sample text in the Greek alphabet
Άτι ύνε̱ κ̇ε̱ jέ νdε̱ κ̇ιέjετ, ȣσ̈ε̱ν̇τε̱ρόφτ' έμε̱ρι ύτ. άρθτε̱ μbε̱ρετε̱ρία jότε; ȣbε̱φτε̱ dασ̈ȣρίμι ύτ, σι νdε̱ κ̇ιέl, εδέ μbε̱ δέτ; bȣ́κε̱νε̱ τόνε̱ τε̱ πε̱ρdίτε̱σ̈ιμεν' έπ-να νέβε σότ; εδέ φάλ̇-να φάjετε̱ τόνα, σικȣ́νdρε̱ εδέ νέβε ȣα φάλ̇με̱ φαjτόρε̱βετ τάνε̱; εδέ μοσ να σ̈τιέρ νdε̱ νγάσιε, πό σ̈πε̱τό-να νγα ι λ̇ίγȣ; σεπσέ jότια ε̱σ̈τε̱ μbε̱ρετε̱ρία ε φȣκ̇ία ε λ̇αβdία νdε̱ jέτε̱τ τε̱ jέτε̱βετ.
