Toskët | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Çerçiz Topulli, a prominent leader of the Tosks. | |
| 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]
- ^ Piotr Eberhardt (January 2003). Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-century Central-Eastern Europe: History, Data, and Analysis. M.E. Sharpe. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-7656-1833-7. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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.
- ^ Monika Shehi (2007). When East Meets West: Examining Classroom Discourse at the Albanian Socio-political Intersection. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-549-12813-7. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
There were and there remain distinct cultural and linguistic differences between Albanian Ghegs and Tosks
[permanent dead link] - ^ Hugh Poulton; Suha. Taji Faruqi (January 1997). Muslim Identity and the Balkan State. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-85065-276-2. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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.