[tied] Re: Albanian: length of time in the Balkans

From: pielewe
Message: 37525
Date: 2005-05-03

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>
> ... on another hand,the common lexica which
> is in Albanian and Romanian and apparently has not IE origin can
speak
> for neolithic people you mean here. [...]



I would like to stress that I very much agree with you where this
fascinating issue is concerned. The common substratal heritage (both
lexical and structural) carried by Albanian and Romanian is without
any doubt an extremely precious potential source of information about
earlier conditions, even if it has proved difficult to decipher so
far. But who knows what the future will bring?


And many thanks for your kind words, which are much appreciated!



Best,


Willem