Qeparo

Qeparo
Κηπαρό
Village
Qeparo village and the bay on the Ionian Sea
Qeparo village and the bay on the Ionian Sea
Qeparo is located in Albania
Qeparo
Qeparo
Coordinates: 40°3′9″N 19°49′45″E / 40.05250°N 19.82917°E / 40.05250; 19.82917
Country Albania
CountyVlorë
MunicipalityHimarë
Municipal unitHimarë
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total1,563[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Qeparo (Albanian definite form: Qeparoi; Greek: Κηπαρό, Kiparo) is a seaside village in the municipality of Himara in Vlorë County, Albania.[2][3] The village is part of the Albanian Riviera and is divided into two parts – Upper or Old Qeparo on higher ground, and Lower or New Qeparo on the coast. Qeparo is an Albanian-speaking village.[4][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ Zija Xholi, Ylli Vejsiu, ed. (2009). Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar: N-Zh dhe një shtojcë. Academy of Sciences of Albania. p. 2149. ISBN 9789995610326.
  2. ^ "Location of Qeparo". Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6376. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ^ Joseph, Brian; Novik, Alexander; Sobolev, Andrey; Spiro, Aristotle (2018). "Greek and Albanian in Palasa and Environs: A Report from the Field" (PDF). Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistic Theory (MGDLT8) Gjirokastër, 4–6 October 2018: 70. The ethnolinguistic situation of the region of Himara is best described in terms of the languages spoken in the villages in the area, namely the vernaculars of the Albanian speaking villages of Vuno, Qeparo, Kudhës and Pilur (Memushaj & Grillo 2009),1 but also Drymades (Dhërmi in its Albanian name), Palasa, and Himara itself, where, according to Albanian researchers, alongside Albanian, Greek is also spoken (Memushaj 2004: 180, Demiraj 2006, Sotiri 2006: 264).
  5. ^ Sotiri, Natasha (2001). E folmja dhe toponimia e Qeparoit. Academy of Sciences of Albania. p. 13. ISBN 9789992775905. banorët e Qeparoit janë njëgjuhësh, shqipfolës, megjithëse janë fare pranë me qytetin e Himarës, banorët e së cilës janë dygjuhësh (shqip dhe greqishtfolës). Në krahun tjetër të Himarës vjen fshati Vuno, i cili edhe ai është shqipfolës; pas Vunoit vjen Dhërmiu, që është shqip dhe greqishtfolës [the inhabitants of Qeparo are monolingual, Albanian-speaking, although they are very close to the city of Himara, whose inhabitants are bilingual (Albanian and Greek-speaking). On the other side of Himara comes the village of Vuno, which is also Albanian-speaking; after Vuno comes Dhërmi, which is Albanian- and Greek- speaking]
  6. ^ Memushaj, Rami; Grillo, Helena (2009). "Vendi i së folmes së Himarës në dialektin jugor të shqipes" [The place of Himara speech in southern dialect of albanian language]. Studime Filologjike (1–2): 29–62. ISSN 0563-5780. In order to decide the ethnic origin of a given community, language may be used as an important element. Comparing the speech of a given community with the speech of its neighbouring communities makes it possible to answer the above question. If the majority of linguistic features of a territorial variant is found in other neighbouring variants, than this is a proof that these communities are of the same ethnic origin. This is the path we have traced in our article to determine the ethnicity of the Himara municipality, which comprises the Himara town and Palassa, Dhermi, Vuno, Ilias, Pilur, Kudhes and Qeparo villages. The Himara town, Dhermi and Palassa villages are bilingual in Greek and Albanian, while the other villages are monolingual, but either in bilingual villages Albanian is the mother tongue of their speakers.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gregorič was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Mukli, Helena Grillo. "Toponymy as macrostructure and microstructure (study on the toponymy of the Himara district)". Diacronia: 496. Retrieved 6 November 2023. the locals of Ilias, Vuno, qeparo, Kudhës and Pilur mainly speak the southern Albanian (Tosk) dialect.