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743:"From the end of the 19th century, a central place in this problem belongs to the question of the possible development of Albanian from one of the languages that were spoken in Antiquity in the northern part of the Balkans. However, this question itself resulted from speculations that were largely deductive. Two main theories consider Albanian as a descendant of either Illyrian or Thracian languages, respectively ..." Rusakov, Alexander. "Albanian". In: 495:, which has been claimed to have developed from either an Illyrian language with Thraco-Dacian influences or a Thraco-Dacian language with Illyrian influences. However, the arguments for such claims tend to be circular: for example, the kinship of the Albanian with the Thracian is affirmed by attributing Albanian traits to the Thracian. 319:
some Thracian groups occupying the Illyrian sphere and vice versa; the identity of some groups as Illyrian or Thracian has also remained unclear, or, in some instances, a Thraco-Illyrian mix has been proposed. Such factors reinforce the impression that many similarities between the Illyrian and Thracian lexes resulted from
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rivers are generally considered to approximate the border between the Illyrian and Thracian spheres, in the west and east respectively. However, Thracian and Illyrian did not have a clear-cut frontier. There was also, clearly, significant interaction between the Illyrian and Thracian spheres, with
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The widespread assertion that it is the modern-day descendant of Illyrian, spoken in much the same region during classical times, makes geographic and historical sense but is linguistically untestable since we know so little about Illyrian. Competing hypotheses, likewise untestable, would derive
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Indo-European non-Romance cognates between Albanian and Romanian indicates at least contact with the 'Daco-Thraco-Moesian complex', and that on the other hand there is some evidence to argue that Albanian is descended from the 'Illyrian complex'. On the basis of shared features and innovations,
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The linguistical hypothesis was especially current in the early 20th century, but after the 1960s it was seriously called into question. New publications argued that no strong evidence for Thraco-Illyrian exists, and that the two language-areas show more differences than correspondences
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remains unclear. Not much has been determined in the study of Paeonian, and some linguists do not recognize a Paeonian area separate from Illyrian or Thracian. The place of
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Other linguists however argue that Illyrian and Thracian were different Indo-European branches which later converged through contact. It is also of significance that
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Trumper, John (2018). "Some Celto-Albanian isoglosses and their implications". In Grimaldi, Mirko; Lai, Rosangela; Franco, Ludovico; Baldi, Benedetta (eds.).
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Majer, Marek (2019). "Parahistoria indoevropiane e fjalës shqipe për 'motrën'" [Indo-European Prehistory of the Albanian Word for 'Sister'].
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Due to the paucity of written evidence, what can be said with certainty in current research is that on the one hand a significant group of
449:(2002) however states: "According to the available data, we may surmise that Thracian and Illyrian were mutually understandable, e.g. like 499: 491:, the existence of a Thraco-Illyrian branch remains controversial. Evidence of a Thraco-Illyrian branch has also been sought in the 17: 1074: 1050: 977: 913: 877: 837: 800: 772: 724: 681: 87: 286:). It has also been pointed out that the onomastic studies carried out in the 20th century were conducted through 445:
Not many Thraco-Illyrian correspondences are definite, and a number may be incorrect, even from the list above.
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Albanian from Thracian, another lost ancient language from farther east than Illyrian, or from Daco-Mysian ...
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language by the Classical Period (the satem nature of proto-Thracian is disputed, Olteanu 2002).
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The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact: Volume 1: Population Movement and Language Change
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is also undetermined. Paliga (2002) states: "It is therefore difficult to say whether the
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Structuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond: In Honour of Leonardo M. Savoia
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Friedman, Victor (2022). "The Balkans". In Salikoko Mufwene, Anna Maria Escobar (ed.).
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spoke an idiom closer to Thracian, Illyrian, Greek or a specific idiom."
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in the same branch in the current phylogenetic classification of the
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International Seminar for Albanian Language, Literature and Culture
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The Indo-European Language Family : A Phylogenetic Perspective
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Seminari Ndërkombëtar për Gjuhën, Letërsinë dhe Kulturën Shqiptare
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theoretical approaches, which are considered outdated in current
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Due to the fragmentary attestation of both Illyrian and
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Other scholars, such as Romanian linguist and historian
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Ledesma, Manuel Sanz (1996). Ediciones Clásicas (ed.).
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language, while it is undisputed that Thracian was a
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The Illyrians, 1992, 24: 717:Indo-European Language and Culture 503:Albanian is grouped together with 25: 1096: 302:Linguistic contact and similarity 1002: 987: 959: 923: 887: 855: 809: 782: 617:Živa Antika / Antiquité Vivante 754: 737: 705: 696: 687: 670: 644: 604: 577: 239:comprise a distinct branch of 13: 1: 597: 509:Indo-European language family 869:The Peoples of Ancient Italy 820:. In Olander, Thomas (ed.). 7: 749:The Indo-European Languages 518: 10: 1101: 1029:(in Romanian). 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Index

Thraco-Illyrian language
Balkans
Linguistic classification
Indo-European
Daco-Thracian
Illyrian
Indo-European
Paleo-Balkan
Graeco-Albanian
Daco-Thracian
Graeco-Armenian
Graeco-Aryan
Graeco-Phrygian
Armeno-Phrygian
Thraco-Illyrian
Italo-Celtic
Indo-Hittite
Indo-Uralic
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e
Daco-Thracian
Illyrian languages
Indo-European
Thracian
Illyrian
interference
mixture
sprachbund
Paleo-Balkan

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