Re: Albanian: length of time in the Balkans

>Even if it could be proved somehow that Albanian
>continued the language of some group that could be referred to as
>Illyrians, what significance would that have?

To find out for sure that the Proto-Albanians were Dacians or
Illyrians has the same significance as any major study on the "Indo-
European language".
In other words it would have a huge significance.

Best Regards,
Marius Alexandru