Johane Derite
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Well no need to be on the offensive. I am merely stating information that has been suggested, by even some Albanians to explain the maritime disparity. Theres also no agenda. I am after all Albanian born in the states, so there is that cultural disjointedness that comes with the Diaspora.
I also try to have a level had as theres always a bias for some, even in the professional arena.
I have also had other Albanians seem to contradict your statement above and claim Elsie is not worth his weight in words. So, really, its hard to juggle and sift through all these things when its not my discipline or focus.
It seems all theory camps have Albanians and non-Albanians alike. Though, many of what we know about paleo-balkan groups is little. With time I suppose we will get closer and closer to the truth as it unravels.
The only thing I am certain of is that Albanians descend mostly from Paleo-Balkan peoples. Which group, or a closely related group, I do not know. Theres very little left of the Illyrians and Thracians to know which group we are related to or from. I suppose Illyrian is the strongest candidate given geography, and where Albanians have been located for most of our known history.
I was under the impression Tosk split from proto Albanian with Gheg in the early middle ages. So you're saying this happened much earlier?
Yes i also have my issues with robert elsie but he did put a lot of work and research into Albanians and he is much more embedded in his subject matter. Vladimir Orel was linguist known for hebrew and also did Albanian on the side. Its still a net positive that he did the work he did but there shoulf be an element of detached skepticism. I hink Elsies analysis of the rhotacism of the dialects is spot on. The presence of ancient latin n-r rhotacism is very significant. Likewise is its lack in slavic loan words very significant. Yes i think the gheg tosk linguistic split is old and that if this isnt taken into account it can produce incorrect linguistic analyses. Matzinger for example is basing his studies on some newly found old catholic documents written in albanian. Obviously they will be very gheg heavy.