▁The ▁other ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁Alban ians ▁are ▁the ▁descend ants ▁of ▁Il ly rian ▁tribes ▁located ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁J ire č ek ▁Line ▁and ▁probably ▁north ▁or ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁Alban ia . ▁ ▁Arg uments ▁for ▁Il ly rian ▁origin ▁The ▁arguments ▁for ▁the ▁Il ly rian - Al ban ian ▁connection ▁have ▁been ▁as ▁follows : ▁The ▁national ▁name ▁Alban ia ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁Alb ano i , ▁an ▁Il ly rian ▁tribe ▁mentioned ▁by ▁P to le my ▁about ▁ 1 5 0 ▁AD . ▁From ▁what ▁is ▁known ▁from ▁the ▁old ▁B alk an ▁populations ▁territ ories ▁( G ree ks , ▁Il ly ri ans , ▁Th ra ci ans , ▁Da ci ans ), ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁is ▁spoken ▁in ▁a ▁region ▁where ▁Il ly rian ▁was ▁spoken ▁in ▁ancient ▁times . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁of ▁any ▁major ▁migration ▁into ▁Alban ian ▁territory ▁since ▁the ▁records ▁of ▁Il ly rian ▁occupation . ▁Because ▁descent ▁from ▁Il ly ri ans ▁makes ▁" ge ographical ▁sense " ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁lingu istic ▁or ▁historical ▁evidence ▁prov ing ▁a ▁replacement , ▁then ▁the ▁bur den ▁of ▁proof ▁lies ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁would ▁den y ▁a ▁connection ▁of ▁Alban ian ▁with ▁Il ly rian . ▁ ▁The ▁Alban ian ▁trib al ▁society ▁has ▁preserved ▁the ▁ancient ▁Il ly rian ▁social ▁structure ▁based ▁on ▁trib al ▁units . ▁Many ▁of ▁what ▁remain ▁as ▁att ested ▁words ▁to ▁Il ly rian ▁have ▁an ▁Alban ian