The Balkan Languages

by Brian D. Joseph and Victor A. Friedman

Southeast Europe's Balkan peninsula is home to numerous languages that have come to converge structurally and lexically, due to complex social factors involving contact among speakers of these languages, constituting a 'sprachbund'. This volume provides the first comprehensive, book-length survey of the Balkan languages in English. It covers the full range of languages involved in the Balkan convergence zone, including Albanian, Aromanian, Bulgarian,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521553490
• ISBN13: 9780521553490
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 1116 Pages