Purishte
Encyclopedia
Purishte is a sociolect
of the Albanian language
spoken by the masons of Opar
, Korçë District
, Albania
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Sociolect
In sociolinguistics, a sociolect or social dialect is a variety of language associated with a social group such as a socioeconomic class, an ethnic group, an age group, etc....
of the Albanian language
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
spoken by the masons of Opar
Opar, Albania
Opar is a community in the in the Korçë District, Korçë County, Albania.The origin of the noble Albanian family Muzaka, who would later rule in the Muzaka Principality of Berat is from Opar. The masons of the area speak a unique sociolect known as Purishte....
, Korçë District
Korçë District
The District of Korçë , is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. According estimates, as of January 1, 2010, 138,898 people lived in the Korce District...
, Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
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Vocabulary
In the Purishte sociolect the mason is called purja, while the term for the master mason is purja i beshëm.Further reading
- Qemal H. Gegollari: E folmja purishte: fjalor purisht-shqip (Purisht-Albanian Dictionary). Tirana: Emal, 2011