Purishte

Purishte (definite Albanian form: Purishtja) is a sociolect of the Albanian language spoken by the masons of the Opar region in Western Korçë District, Albania.[1]

Location

The former commune of Lekas in Western Korçë District consists of mainly speakers of Purisht.[2] It is overall spoken in the thirteen villages of the ethnographic region of Opar in southeastern Albania [2], which includes parts of the Lekas and Moglica communes.

Diaspora Purisht

Purisht is spoken by those who have migrated out of its home region into the Albanian cities of Korçë, Tiranë and Durrës, as well as by migrants outside of Albania's borders, primarily in Greece.[2]

Vocabulary

In the Purishte sociolect the mason is called purja, while the term for the master mason is purja i beshëm.[1]

Romance influence

Purishte is notable for incorporating a large share of vocabulary of Romance origin, including most notably elements of Aromanian origin.[3] Several aspects of the Aromanian influences in Purishte may be considered Balkanisms.[3]

gollark: I should generalize it to real numbers.
gollark: Gollark's nth law: Gollark's (n - 1)th law is abs(n % 100)% likely to be true.
gollark: Gollark's Third Law: Nobody ever gets percentages right, except for gollark.
gollark: So every time someone develops a new law, we simply add new laws to the system to correct for it.
gollark: No, no, how about a system of laws which, if another fitting one is added, will still maintain the 73%?

See also

References
  1. Çabej, Eqrem (2002). Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes. Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë. p. 433. ISBN 978-99927-761-3-1. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. Prifti, Elton (2012). "Aromanian Elements of an Albanian argot". In Kahl, Thede; Metzeltin, Michael (eds.). Balkanismen heute – Balkanisms today – Балканизмы сегодня. Vienna: Lit Verlag. pp. 245–263. ISBN 9783643503886.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link). Page 247
  3. Prifti, Elton (2012). "Aromanian Elements of an Albanian argot". In Kahl, Thede; Metzeltin, Michael (eds.). Balkanismen heute – Balkanisms today – Балканизмы сегодня. Vienna: Lit Verlag. pp. 245–263. ISBN 9783643503886.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link). Page 245

Further reading
  • Qemal H. Gegollari: E folmja purishte: fjalor purisht-shqip (Purisht-Albanian Dictionary). Tirana: Emal, 2011
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