Impact of the Non-Slavic Balkan Languages on Speech and Folk Poetry of Gora

Abstract

Based on its many structural features, the Gorani dialect belongs to Balkan linguistic association. Some features have joined this dialect as a result of linguistic and ethnic mixtures present in the southeastern part of Balkan pen­insula. Romanic, Turkish and Greek languages have influenced a lot the creation of the Balkan linguistic associa­tion. Balkan languages show a lot of parallel features in phonetics, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.

Keywords

• Gora
• Gorani dialect
• Balkan language association
• onomastics
• Turkish language
• Albanian lan­guage
• Greek language
• Aromanian language