▁some ▁close ▁correspond ences ▁between ▁Th ra cian ▁and ▁Alban ian ▁words . ▁However , ▁as ▁with ▁Il ly rian , ▁most ▁Da cian ▁and ▁Th ra cian ▁words ▁and ▁names ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁closely ▁linked ▁with ▁Alban ian ▁( v . ▁H amp ). ▁Also , ▁many ▁Da cian ▁and ▁Th ra cian ▁pla cen ames ▁were ▁made ▁out ▁of ▁joined ▁names ▁( such ▁as ▁Da cian ▁S uc id ava ▁or ▁Th ra cian ▁B ess ap ara ; ▁see ▁List ▁of ▁Da cian ▁cities ▁and ▁List ▁of ▁ancient ▁Th ra cian ▁cities ), ▁while ▁the ▁modern ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁does ▁not ▁allow ▁this . ▁ ▁Bulgar ian ▁lingu ist ▁Vladimir ▁I . ▁Georg iev ▁pos its ▁that ▁Alban ians ▁descend ▁from ▁a ▁Da cian ▁population ▁from ▁Mo esia , ▁now ▁the ▁Mor ava ▁region ▁of ▁eastern ▁Ser bia , ▁and ▁that ▁Il ly rian ▁to pon ym s ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁far ▁smaller ▁area ▁than ▁the ▁traditional ▁area ▁of ▁Il ly rian ▁settlement . ▁According ▁to ▁Georg iev , ▁Latin ▁loan words ▁into ▁Alban ian ▁show ▁East ▁B alk an ▁Latin ▁( proto - R oman ian ) ▁ph on et ics , ▁rather ▁than ▁West ▁B alk an ▁( D al mat ian ) ▁ph on et ics . ▁Com b ined ▁with ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁language ▁contains ▁several ▁hundred ▁words ▁similar ▁only ▁to ▁Alban ian , ▁Georg iev ▁propos es ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁formed ▁between ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁and ▁ 6 th