Balkan languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Balkan_Sprachbund
gptkbp:example gptkb:Albanian
gptkb:Bulgarian
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Romanian
gptkb:Aromanian
gptkb:Istro-Romanian
gptkb:Meglenitic_Aromanian
Serbo-Croatian
Macedonian
Romani (influence)
Turkish (influence)
gptkbp:feature analytic verb forms
dative possessive
future tense with 'want'
loss of infinitive
object clitics
postposed definite articles
similar case system reduction
use of evidentiality
gptkbp:firstDescribed early 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Balkan languages
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Albanian
gptkb:Bulgarian
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Romanian
gptkb:Aromanian
gptkb:Istro-Romanian
gptkb:Meglenitic_Aromanian
Serbo-Croatian
Macedonian
Romani (influence)
Turkish (influence)
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:East_Romance
gptkb:Albanian
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:Romani
gptkb:Hellenic
gptkb:South_Slavic
Romance
Turkic
Slavic
Romani (influence)
Turkic (influence)
gptkbp:linguisticArea gptkb:Balkan_Sprachbund
gptkbp:linguisticPhenomenon Sprachbund
gptkbp:notableFeature lexical borrowing
grammatical convergence
phonological similarities
shared calques
shared idioms
shared innovations
shared phraseology
syntactic similarities
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:André_Martinet
gptkb:Brian_Joseph
gptkb:Gustaf_Weigand
gptkb:Ronelle_Alexander
gptkb:Trubetzkoy
gptkb:Victor_Friedman
gptkb:Roman_Jakobson
gptkb:Alexandru_Rosetti
Holger Pedersen
gptkbp:notGeneticallyRelated all members
gptkbp:region gptkb:Balkans
gptkbp:shareFeaturesDueTo language contact
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:typologicalConvergence high
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Medieval_Greek
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5