ide ▁in ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language " ▁( ). ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁written ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁Alban ian ▁are ▁Formula ▁e ▁pag ë z imit ▁( 1 4 6 2 ) ▁and ▁Arnold ▁Ritter ▁von ▁Har ff ' s ▁lex icon ▁( 1 4 9 6 ). ▁The ▁first ▁Alban ian ▁text ▁written ▁with ▁Greek ▁letters ▁is ▁a ▁fragment ▁of ▁the ▁Ung j illi ▁i ▁P ash k ë ve ▁( Pass over ▁G ospel ) ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 5 ▁or ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁The ▁first ▁printed ▁books ▁in ▁Alban ian ▁are ▁M esh ari ▁( 1 5 5 5 ) ▁and ▁Lu ca ▁Mat r anga ' s ▁E ▁m b su ame ▁e ▁kr ë sh ter ë ▁( 1 5 9 2 ). ▁ ▁L ingu istic ▁reconst ruction ▁ ▁The ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁is ▁att ested ▁in ▁a ▁written ▁form ▁beginning ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁AD , ▁when ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁eth nos ▁was ▁already ▁formed . ▁In ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁prior ▁data ▁on ▁the ▁language , ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁used ▁the ▁Latin ▁and ▁S lav ▁lo ans ▁into ▁Alban ian ▁for ▁ident ifying ▁its ▁location ▁of ▁origin . ▁The ▁proto - Al ban ian ▁language ▁had ▁likely ▁emer ged ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁CE , ▁when ▁contacts ▁with ▁Rom ance ▁languages ▁began ▁to ▁occur ▁intens ively . ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁attempted ▁to ▁conject ure ▁the ▁un att ested ▁language , ▁and ▁have ▁eventually ▁drawn