Albanian has been written with various alphabet since the 15th century. Originally the Tosk dialect was written with the Greek  alphabet, while the Gheg dialect was written with the Latin  alphabet. They have both also been written with the Turkish version of the Arabic alphabet. The Latin alphabet for Albanian was standardised in 1909, and a unified literary version of Albanian, based on the Tosk dialect, was established in 1972.

Elbasan script

The Elbasan script was invented around the middle of the 18th century and named after the city of Elbasan in central Albania where it was used.