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I don't want to expand on this, but yes, i basically cited Milorad Stojić, http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2006/0350-02410656073S.pdf. He actually makes a reference to linguists himself although he doesn't expand on that. A citation of his to Garašanin (1983) could maybe elaborate but i don't have the time to dwell in it. As for boundaries, during the Roman period we had the provinces of "Moesia Superior" and "Moesia Inferior", with the former encompassing both the aforementioned cultures of Paracin and Brnjica, and much of Iron Age Dardania as well. But obviously Dardanians are a distinct group as attested by ancient authors; the Daco-Moesian or Moesian grouping pertains to a more general classification. Similar to the case of Triballi who are included in it.The linguistic assumptions here are not based on linguistic evidence, it is an assumption. They are the opinion of MILORAD STOJIC and should not be taken as something like a confirmed thing. Mysians and Dardanians moved into Troy together, so it seems they are connected, and the Brnjica zone falls within the heart of Dardania, not Mysia.
Linguists like Vanja Stanisic also thought Dardanians as potentially a stratum neither Thracian nor Illyrian, part of a group with Mysian and Phrygian, so this is potentially evidence for that.
Other than that, during the Roman era "Moesia Superior" was probably the most multi-ethnic region in the Balkans. It seems four linguistic groups were found in the region of Dardania, namely Illyrian proper, Dalmatian-Pannonian, Thracian proper and Moesian (sub-Danubian branch of Daco-Moesian). And as if those were not enough, the Romans in the 1st century CE allowed two mass relocations of more than 150,000 Geto-Dacians (trans-Danubian branch of Daco-Moesian) to Moesia Superior and Moesia Inferior (50,000 in the years of Augustus and over 100,000 in the years of Nero).
Now linguistically i haven't really dwell deep into Dardanian, but i have read that there was an evident Thracian element with an Illyrian influence at the western borders. For example read the following.
Last, you know i disagree on Phrygian association but let's not expand on all these since they are unrelated to the thread.