Opar, Albania
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Opar is a community in the in the Korçë District
, Korçë County
, Albania
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The origin of the noble Albanian family Muzaka, who would later rule in the Muzaka Principality of Berat is from Opar. The masons of the area speak a unique sociolect known as Purishte
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Korçë District
The District of Korçë , is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. According estimates, as of January 1, 2010, 138,898 people lived in the Korce District...
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Korçë County
The County of Korçë is one of the 12 counties of Albania, located in the eastern part of the country. It is the largest county of Albania and consists of the districts Devoll, Kolonjë, Korçë and Pogradec and its capital is Korçë....
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Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
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The origin of the noble Albanian family Muzaka, who would later rule in the Muzaka Principality of Berat is from Opar. The masons of the area speak a unique sociolect known as Purishte
Purishte
Purishte is a sociolect of the Albanian language spoken by the masons of Opar, Korçë District, Albania.- Vocabulary :In the Purishte sociolect the mason is called purja, while the term for the master mason is purja i beshëm.-Further reading:...
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