How Russu interpret the migration scenario of free Dacians,under what circmustances happened?
What is weird to me is that all "Avar" hoards in Balkans are found in Albania,one in Vrap central Albania (Tirana) other in Erseke southern Albania.
There was many subject in that kingdom of mixed origin.The collapse of the Danube frontier happened sometime after Justinian(6th-7th century),otherwise any subsequent migration would have been recorced,or stopped unless Romans themselves brought people in.
Romanian and Bulgarian scientists reconstructed arrival of Free Dacians to today's Albania.
There was two different routs, maybe more.
It will be time, we will discuss about it.
What we don't know yet 100%, when newcomers, Carpi (Gheges) and probably another tribe successor of Tosks arrived to Albania who were natives.
And one my Greek friend told me his opinion how Carpi assimilated Greek native population.
Durres and surrounding were inhabited by Greeks before Carpi arrived, and Carpi first settled in area Mat, it means Carpi and Greeks were close, his opinion make sense and for some other areas of Albania, and Tosk areas.
He thinks, a lot of today's Albanians are assimilated Greeks.
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But what is very interesting what derives from Romanian theory.
Illyrian is dead language in 2nd century.
But Thracian survived.
Which today's language is Neo-Thracian?
Two languages can compete: Old Church Slavonic and his successors and Albanian (both Tosk and Ghege).
It can be possible that both languages are Neo-Thracian languages, and according rigorous American study this two languages are the closest each other (plus Lithuanian).
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What can be cons for Albanian. Yes it received many Latin words, but it has not lost Northern Thracian basis (we can go far in past, maybe original Proto Albanian was not Thracian but it doesn't matter for this discussion).
Cons for Old Church Slavonic is that there is opinion predecessor of Slavonic and Thracian were different and they are melted.
Things become very interesting,
In any case Albanian and Old Church Slavonic, one of them or both, will be placed as Neo Thracian.
So, in some forms, Thracian language survived to present days.