Toskët | |
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Total population | |
Unknown | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Southern Albania (Toskëria), Southern Epirus, Southern Italy | |
Languages | |
Tosk Albanian | |
Religion | |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Islam (Sunni and Bektashi), Eastern Catholicism (minority) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Arbëreshë people |
Tosks (Albanian: Toskët) are one of two major ethnic subgroups of Albanians (the other being the Ghegs)[1] differentiated by their cultural, linguistic, social and religious characteristics.[2][3]
The Albanians comprise two ethnic subgroups: the Ghegs, who generally occupy the area north of the Shkumbin river; and the Tosks, most of whom live south of the river.
There were and there remain distinct cultural and linguistic differences between Albanian Ghegs and Tosks[permanent dead link ]
the two ethnic sub-groups to which Albanians actually belong: the Ghegs in the north and the Tosks in the south... The Ghegs and Tosks differ from each other in linguistic, historical-cultural and socio-religious character.