alk ans . ▁The ▁second ▁wave ▁of ▁Greek ▁lo ans ▁began ▁after ▁the ▁split ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁emp ire ▁in ▁ 3 9 5 ▁and ▁continued ▁throughout ▁the ▁By z antine , ▁Ott oman ▁and ▁modern ▁periods . ▁ ▁An ▁argument ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁a ▁northern ▁origin ▁for ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁is ▁the ▁relatively ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁load - words ▁from ▁An cient ▁Greek , ▁mostly ▁from ▁Dor ic ▁dialect , ▁even ▁though ▁Southern ▁Il ly ria ▁neighbor ed ▁the ▁Class ical ▁Greek ▁civil ization ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Greek ▁colon ies ▁along ▁the ▁Il ly rian ▁coast line . ▁According ▁to ▁Hermann ▁Ö l berg , ▁the ▁modern ▁Alban ian ▁lex icon ▁may ▁only ▁include ▁ 3 3 ▁words ▁of ▁ancient ▁Greek ▁origin . ▁ ▁However , ▁in ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁Alban ian - G reek ▁is og loss es , ▁which ▁the ▁scholar ▁Vladimir ▁O rel ▁cons iders ▁surprising ly ▁high ▁( in ▁comparison ▁with ▁the ▁Ind o - Al ban ian ▁and ▁Armen o - Al ban ian ▁ones ), ▁the ▁author ▁con cludes ▁that ▁this ▁particular ▁proxim ity ▁could ▁be ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁inten se ▁secondary ▁contacts ▁of ▁two ▁proto - dia lect s . ▁ ▁Curt is ▁( 2 0 1 2 ) ▁does ▁not ▁consider ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁surv iving ▁loan words ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁valid ▁argument , ▁as ▁many ▁Greek ▁lo ans ▁were ▁likely ▁lost ▁through ▁replacement ▁by ▁later ▁Latin ▁and ▁S lav ic ▁lo ans , ▁just ▁as ▁not or