Albanoid
Albanoid or Albanic is a branch or subfamily of the Indo-European languages, of which Albanian language varieties are the only surviving representatives. Albanian is grouped in the same IE branch with Messapic, an ancient extinct language of Balkan provenance that is preserved in about six hundred inscriptions from Iron Age Apulia. This IE subfamily is alternatively referred to as 'Albanoid', 'Illyric', 'Illyrian complex', 'Western Palaeo-Balkan', or 'Adriatic Indo-European'. Albanoid is also used to explain pre-Romance features found in Eastern Romance languages.
| Albanoid | |
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| Albanic | |
| Geographic distribution | Balkans, Italy |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Proto-language | Proto-Albanoid |
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| Linguasphere | 55 (phylozone) |
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