Balkan sprachbund
Sprachbund among the languages of the Balkans from the Slavic, Hellenic, Romance, Albanian, Indo-Aryan and Turkic language families
The Balkan sprachbund or Balkan language area is an ensemble of areal features—similarities in grammar, syntax, vocabulary and phonology—among the languages of the Balkans. Several features are found across these languages though not all apply to every single language. The Balkan sprachbund is a prominent example of the sprachbund concept. The languages of the Balkan sprachbund share their similarities despite belonging to various separate language family branches. The Slavic, Hellenic, Romance, Albanian and Indo-Aryan branches all belong to the large Indo-European family, and the Turkish language is non-Indo-European. Some of the languages use these features for their standard language whilst other populations to whom the land is not a cultural pivot may still adopt the features for their local register. Wikipedia