Lab Albanian dialect

Lab Albanian
Labërisht
Pronunciation	[labəˈɾiʃt]
Native to	Albania
Region	Labëria
Language family	Indo-European Albanoid Albanian Tosk Northern Lab Albanian
Writing system	Latin, Greek, Ottoman Turkish
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	labt1234
Distribution of Albanian language dialects.
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The Lab Albanian dialect (Albanian: Labërishtja or Dialekti lab) is a Tosk Albanian dialect associated with the wider definition of the ethnographic region of Labëria, spoken by Lab Albanians. Under this wider definition of Labëria, Lab Albanian stretches from Vlorë and Mallakastër south and east up to Gjirokastër, Lunxhëria and Sarandë. Notable aspects of Lab in Albanian and wider Balkan areal linguistics include its peculiar mix of conservative and innovative features, the lack (in some varieties) of typical Albanian Balkanisms like the admirative,^[1] and the presence of features typical of Northern Gheg dialects despite it being a Southern dialect.