> Nis^ and S^tip suggest that Albanian was the dominant language of the
> area at the stage when speakers of Slavic felt the need to be apprised
> of the names of those towns.
>
> Willem
And perhaps that the language was in fact a language of those southern
or south-western Dacian populations that continued to live in the Roman
provinces Dacia Ripensis, Dacia, Mediterranea, Moësia Superior,
Dardania after the Roman administration withdrew from north-Danube
Dacia altogether. The area where these places are located.
BTW, does the Albanian maritime vocabulary reflect old/ancient
traditions or quite the contrary, ie., that the population moved
towards the seaside quite recently? (fauna, flora; navigation, fishing,
seafood; legends, myths, deities & the like)
George