▁Il ly rian ▁tribe ▁of ▁the ▁Alb ano i ▁and ▁the ▁place ▁Alban opol is ▁could ▁be ▁located ▁near ▁Kru j ë , ▁nothing ▁proves ▁a ▁relation ▁of ▁this ▁tribe ▁to ▁the ▁Alban ians , ▁whose ▁name ▁appears ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁century ▁in ▁By z antine ▁sources . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Bulgar ian ▁lingu ist ▁Vladimir ▁I . ▁Georg iev , ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁an ▁Il ly rian ▁origin ▁for ▁the ▁Alban ians ▁is ▁weak ened ▁by ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁any ▁Alban ian ▁names ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ▁and ▁the ▁limited ▁Greek ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁( See ▁J ire č ek ▁Line ). ▁If ▁the ▁Alban ians ▁had ▁been ▁inhab iting ▁a ▁hom eland ▁situated ▁near ▁modern ▁Alban ia ▁continu ously ▁since ▁ancient ▁times , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁Greek ▁loan words ▁in ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language ▁should ▁be ▁higher . ▁Local ▁or ▁personal ▁names ▁considered ▁Il ly rian ▁were ▁not ▁passed ▁down ▁to ▁Alban ian ▁without ▁inter ruption ▁( for ▁example ▁Sc od ra ▁> ▁Sh k od ra , ▁a ▁loan ▁from ▁Latin , ▁and ▁various ▁other ▁to pon ym s ▁and ▁hyd ron ym s ▁in ▁modern ▁Alban ia ▁are ▁S lav ic ▁lo ans , ▁in ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁Sch ram m ▁including ▁V lor ë ▁and ▁V jos ë ). ▁As ▁such , ▁Klein ▁et ▁al ▁( 2 0 1 8 ) ▁argue ▁that ▁while ▁Alban ian ▁cannot ▁be ▁considered ▁ ▁a ▁lingu istic ▁desc endant