[tied] Re: Albanian "dy"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" wrote:

> So far I remember Dalmatian is considered to be more linked to
> "WestRomance" as to EastRomance

There is no majority agreement on position of Dalmatian among
Romances. The wisest thing to do is to consider it having both
Italo-Romance and Balkano-Romance characteristics. Anyway, that
makes it Italo-Eastern.

>> Does anyone dispute that Romanian has been outside this
>> dialect continuum for a very long time?

No, as repeatedly stated here: this was the main cause for most
original Romanian innovations with respect to other Romances.

> The explanation given for this (and accepted explanation) is that
> Rom. should have lived somewhere in the mountains until at once,
> in the 10 century they decided to go down on the plains.

That looks rather poor. Can you mention any serious source which
"accepts" that Pre-Romanians got some sabbatical centuries in the
mountains in order to break any links with Western Romance?!
The real explanations are historical conditions in Danube region
and in the Balkans.

Marius Iacomi