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Albanian is a direct descendant of a south-west group of Illyrian dialects. There have been other hypotheses proposed, among which the following merit to be mentioned. A. The Pelasgian hypothesis. Albanian is the continuation of the language of... more
Albanian is a direct descendant of a south-west group of Illyrian dialects. There have been other hypotheses proposed, among which the following merit to be mentioned. A. The Pelasgian hypothesis. Albanian is the continuation of the language of an ancient people called Pelasgians, a hypothesis rather diffused in the 19th century. J.G. von HAHN (1854) formulated in a strict manner the hypothesis that the Albanians are direct descendants of the Illyrians, Macedonians, and Epirotes, and that in the remotest times they formed a united race together with the Latins and the Hellenes called Pelasgians, with their language, the Pelasgian. A. SCHLEICHER gave full authority to this theory of Pelasgian origin with his family tree of languages. Today this is considered a groundless idea. B. The Thracian (Dacian) hypothesis. Albanian is the continuation of the Thracian language. C. The Illyrian-Thracian hypothesis. E. The independent hypothesis. « less
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