--- alex <
alxmoeller@...> wrote:
there
> is no historical record
> which will speak about any neighbourhood of present
> Albanian and Romanian.
*****GK: If we assume that Albanian developed from
Dacian, and Romanian from Balkan Latin, we have of
course to ask ourselves how long (and where) did
Dacian survive, when (and where) did it become
"Albanian", and when did Balkan Latin metamorphose
into Romanian. As to the latter there have already
been discussions on this list (partly in connection
with Romanian ecclesiastical vocabulary, some of it
undoubtedly going back to the IVth c./but as what,
inherited Balkan Latin?/. As to the former I confess
that I don't really know. I have no evidence to
indicate that Dacian was in use on the territory of
contemporary Albania in Roman times, so I have to
assume that if Albanian comes from Dacian, it must
have migrated from east to west at some point in
time.*****
the
> Rom. and Alb. have been
> neighbours in a certain time. You can choise here:
> 200-500 AD
*****GK: Balkan Latin (ancestral to Romanian) was
certainly neighbour to Dacian (ancestral to
Albanian)for much of this period.*****
> 500-1000 AD
*****GK: Romanian was developing actively South of the
Danube. Was Dacian still around at all? No matter
where and when Dacian turned into Albanian and moved
westward, it would always have been in geographical
contact with numerous Romanian (Vlach) communities,
since the latter were spread pretty widely. This would
also hold for the beginning of the next period.****
> 1000-1300 AD
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