Gora dialect

Gorani
našinski
Native toKosovo, Albania and North Macedonia
EthnicityGorani
Native speakers
60,000 (2011 census[citation needed])
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
Area where Torlakian dialects are spoken. Number 4 (in southern Kosovo) indicates the Gora dialect area.
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The Gorani or Goranski, also Našinski ("Our language") language, is a regiolectal variety of South Slavic spoken by the Gorani people in the border area between Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Albania. It is part of the Torlakian dialect group,[1] which is transitional between Eastern and Western South Slavic languages.[2][3][4][5]

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