This is a list of languages spoken in regions ruled by Balkan countries. With the exception of several Turkic languages, all of them belong to the Indo-European family. A subset of these languages is notable for forming a well-studied sprachbund, a group of languages that have developed some striking structural similarities over time. Indo-European languages Albanian Arvanitika Northwestern Arvanitika Southcentral Arvanitika Thracean Arvanitika Gheg Standard Albanian Arbëresh Tosk Istrian Hellenic languages Cappadocian Greek Pontic Greek Standard Greek Tsakonian Indo-Aryan languages Romani Slavic languages Eastern South Slavic Bulgarian Macedonian Transitional dialects Transitional Bulgarian dialects Transitional Serbo-Croatian dialects (Našinski/Torlakian) Western South Slavic Slovene Serbo-Croatian with standardized varieties based on the Shtokavian dialect: Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Regiolects Chakavian Kajkavian Romance languages Aromanian Istriot (in western Istria) Istro-Romanian (In eastern Istria) Italian (on the Adriatic coast) Ladino (in Greece, Turkey, Bosnia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria) Megleno-Romanian (Meglenenitic) Romanian Turkic languages Crimean Tatar Gagauz Tatar Turkish Extinct languages These are the extinct languages that were once spoken in the Balkans: Ancient Macedonian Dacian Dalmatian Eteocretan Eteocypriot Illyrian Lemnian Liburnian Ottoman Turkish Paeonian Pelasgian Phrygian Thracian See also Balkan sprachbund Paleo-Balkan languages ast:Llinguas de los Balcanes pl:Języki bałkańskie