Languages_of_the_Balkans

Languages of the Balkans

Languages of the Balkans

Overview of Balkan languages

Further information: Balkan sprachbund

This is a list of languages spoken in regions ruled by Balkan countries. With the exception of several Turkic languages, all of them belong to the Indo-European family. A subset of these languages is notable for forming a well-studied sprachbund, a group of languages that have developed some striking structural similarities over time.

Indo-European languages

Germanic

Albanian

Hellenic languages

Indo-Aryan languages

Slavic languages

Eastern South Slavic

Transitional dialects

East Slavic

Western South Slavic

Regiolects

Romance languages

Turkic languages

Extinct languages

These are the extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans:

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