Alternate Names: Arnaut, Shkip, Shqip, Shqiperë, Skchip, Tosk, Zhgabe
Dialects: Tosk, Cham (Çam), Tosk, Lab (Labërisht), Tosk, Northern. Not intelligible with Arbëreshë , of Italy. The basis of official standard Albanian since 1952. There is a transitional dialect zone which is neither Gheg , nor Tosk. It is spoken in a few towns and villages around the Shkumbin river such as Shpat and Sulovë. A member of macrolanguage Albanian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,570,000 in Albania (2011 census). Population total all countries: 1,778,200. Ethnic population: 2,310,000 ethnic Albanians (2011 census).
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Fully developed. Bible: 1993.
Typology: SVO.
Spoken In: Albania
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Albania
Other Comments: Muslim, Christian.