Re: illyrian lexicon or inventory

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 27235
Date: 2003-11-15

I've presented some counterarguments myself on this list and haven't
seen a
> cogent reply to them. Insisting repeatedly that Albanians have
always
> been considered descendants of Illyrians ("agumentum ad
verecundiam") or
> that everybody knows them to be descendants of Illyrians
("argumentum ad
> populum") are no substitute for a rational demonstration; nor is
your
> favourite "argumentum ab auctoritate" (quoting the bare opinion of
> such-and-such an eminent scholar, not corroborated by any objective
> evidence -- see your reply above).
>
> Piotr
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Really I like to know which are yours counterarguments, except that
Illyrian is centum (besides many evidences that it was also satem)
and Albanian is satem (both with big ingredient of centum languages).

Konushevci