on etic ▁laws ▁applying ▁to ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁Alban ian . ▁Furthermore , ▁pla cen ames ▁can ▁be ▁a ▁special ▁case ▁and ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁more ▁generally ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁proven ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁Il ly rian ▁stock . ▁ ▁Many ▁lingu ists ▁have ▁tried ▁to ▁link ▁Alban ian ▁with ▁Il ly rian , ▁but ▁without ▁clear ▁results . ▁Alban ian ▁shows ▁traces ▁of ▁sat em ization ▁within ▁the ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁language ▁tree , ▁however ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁Alban olog ists ▁hold ▁that ▁unlike ▁most ▁sat em ▁languages ▁it ▁has ▁preserved ▁the ▁distinction ▁of ▁/ k ʷ / ▁and ▁/ g ʷ / ▁from ▁/ k / ▁and ▁/ g / ▁before ▁front ▁v ow els ▁( mer ged ▁in ▁sat em ▁languages ), ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁debate ▁whether ▁Il ly rian ▁was ▁cent um ▁or ▁sat em . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁Da cian ▁and ▁Th ra cian ▁seem ▁to ▁belong ▁to ▁sat em . ▁▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁clear ▁arch ae ological ▁evidence ▁for ▁a ▁continuous ▁settlement ▁of ▁an ▁Alban ian - spe aking ▁population ▁since ▁Il ly rian ▁times . ▁For ▁example , ▁while ▁Alban ians ▁sch ol ars ▁maintain ▁that ▁the ▁K oman i - K ru ja ▁bur ial ▁sites ▁support ▁the ▁Il ly rian - Al ban ian ▁continu ity ▁theory , ▁most ▁sch ol ars ▁reject ▁this ▁and ▁consider ▁that ▁the ▁remains ▁indicate ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁Roman ized ▁Il ly ri ans ▁who ▁spoke ▁a ▁Rom ance ▁language