Istriot-Dalmatian --adstratal to Albanian?

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 65575
Date: 2010-01-01

My understanding is that Dalamatian was spoken roughly in W former Yugoslavia at least as far south as Montenegro.
Does anyone know how far south?
Is it possible that some Romance forms in Albanian are from Dalmatian? 
There is a lot of evidence of Romanian adstrate in Albanian and it is postulated that Albanian was originally spoken much closer to the Danube than present.
But there seem to be several levels of Romance adstrate in Albanian.
The first known historical mention of Albanian was in Dalmatian.
How far east was Dalmatian spoken? Is it likely that before the Slavic invasions that Dalmatian and Romanian were contiguous?