The Albanian language!

Example of Gheg Albanian spoken in Kosovo

 
The sound of Standard Albanian

 
The sound of Standard Albanian


 
The sound of old Albanian

 
Wow, so many threads on the Albanian language...

One interesting fact I learned is that the name Dalmatia is almost certainly linked etymologically to the Albanian word for sheep: "delmja." That tells me that the lost Illyrian language was probably ancient Albanian.

There are only a handful of surviving Illyrian words recorded by Romans or Greeks. I seem to recall another one: "rhinos," which meant fog. I have noticed that in modern Albanian "re" means cloud and "ajros" means air/ventilate.
 

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