Storia, cultura e lingua Arbëreshë: passato e presente.

Abstract

Questa tesi esplora la storia, cultura e lingua arbëreshë. Gli arbëreshë fanno parte di una delle maggiori minoranza linguistica in Italia, situate maggiormente in sud Italia. Attraverso un questionario linguistico questa testi cerca di comprendere, attraverso i parlanti arbëreshë, se la loro lingua è in pericolo di estinzione e perché.

This dissertation is about the Arbëreshë language and culture in Italy. The arbëreshë represent one of the largest linguistic minorities in Italy, their particular language still preserves 45% of the Albanian language still nowadays. There’s also a lot of Albanian influence in the culture too. In this dissertation we explore the history, culture and language of this interesting group of people, as well as investigate through a linguistic survey, if their language is at risk to disappear.