Languages of the Balkans
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
Albanian
- Arvanitika
- *Northwestern Arvanitika
- *Southcentral Arvanitika
- *Thracean Arvanitika
- Gheg
- Standard Albanian
- Arbëresh
- Tosk
- Istrian
Hellenic languages
- Cappadocian Greek
- Pontic Greek
- Standard Greek
- Tsakonian
- Romani
with a variety of dialects, main of which are:
These are extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans
