Re: [tied] Genetic Link between Albanian and Romanian

From: alex
Message: 30513
Date: 2004-02-02

P&G wrote:
>> This GREAT similarity could only be explained by a GENETIC LINK
>
> It is quite common for neighbouring languages to make their sound
> systems more like each other - whether they are related or not.
>
> Peter


The Hungarian and Slavic (North and West-Slavic) examples won't point in
that direction with respect to Romanian. And the big thing here is ,
Albanian _is_ not a neighbour of Romanian.
At least they have not been neighbours for more as 1500 years after some
sources and more as 2000 years after other sources.

Alex