Gheg Albanian
Geg (or
Gheg) is a northern Albanian dialect. The other main dialect is
Tosk which is now accepted as the standard form of the
Albanian language. The dividing line between these two dialects is the
Shkumbin River, which winds its way through central
Albania.
Geg can also refer to the clans in
Albania speaking the Geg dialect.
Geg dialect is spoken in Northern Albania, parts of
Republic of Macedonia,
Montenegro and by the Albanians in Kosovo and in
Serbia (
Presevo,
Bujanovac,
Medvedja).
The Gheg clan was ruled by the
Zogu Dynasty, the most famous member of which is
King Zog I of the Albanians.
*http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=aln
