▁centuries ▁in ▁or ▁near ▁modern - day ▁Roman ia , ▁which ▁was ▁Da cian ▁territory . ▁He ▁suggests ▁that ▁Roman ian ▁is ▁a ▁fully ▁Roman ised ▁Da cian ▁language , ▁whereas ▁Alban ian ▁is ▁only ▁partly ▁so . ▁Alban ian ▁and ▁Eastern ▁Rom ance ▁also ▁share ▁gram mat ical ▁features ▁( see ▁B alk an ▁language ▁union ) ▁and ▁ph on ological ▁features , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁common ▁ph on emes ▁or ▁the ▁r hot ac ism ▁of ▁" n ". ▁ ▁A part ▁from ▁the ▁lingu istic ▁theory ▁that ▁Alban ian ▁is ▁more ▁a kin ▁to ▁East ▁B alk an ▁Rom ance ▁( i . e . ▁Da cian ▁substr ate ) ▁than ▁West ▁B alk an ▁Rom ance ▁( i . e . ▁Il ly rian / D al mat ian ▁substr ate ), ▁Georg iev ▁also ▁notes ▁that ▁marine ▁words ▁in ▁Alban ian ▁are ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁other ▁languages , ▁suggesting ▁that ▁Alban ians ▁were ▁not ▁originally ▁a ▁coast al ▁people . ▁According ▁to ▁Georg iev ▁the ▁scarc ity ▁of ▁Greek ▁loan ▁words ▁also ▁supports ▁a ▁Da cian ▁theory ▁– ▁if ▁Alban ians ▁origin ated ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁Il ly ria ▁there ▁would ▁surely ▁be ▁a ▁heavy ▁Greek ▁influence . ▁According ▁to ▁historian ▁John ▁Van ▁Ant werp ▁Fine , ▁who ▁does ▁define ▁" Al ban ians " ▁in ▁his ▁gl oss ary ▁as ▁" an ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁people , ▁probably ▁desc ended ▁from ▁the ▁ancient ▁Il ly ri ans ", ▁never theless ▁states ▁that ▁" th