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I don't know either language (they're distantly related), but I'm guessing they might have borrowed words from each other. Swedish and Finnish are completely

• txru 11y ago
  If Albanian should be connected to any Slavic languages, though, it should be connected with Serbian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian, the languages that it neighbors, and which have exerted mutual cultural influence on each other. The point the commenter above was making is that choosing Slovenian specifically to be the linking language to Albanian in the sprachbund is very arbitrary.
  • barry-cotter 11y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprachbund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprachbund A sprachbund (/ˈsprɑːkbʊnd/; German: [ˈʃpʁaːxbʊnt], "federation of languages") – also known as a linguistic area, area of linguistic convergence, diffusion area or language crossroads – is a group of languages that have common features resulting from geographical proximity and language contact. They may be genetically unrelated, or only distantly related. Where genetic affiliations are unclear, the sprachbund characteristics might give a false appearance of relatedness. Areal features are common features of a group of languages in a sprachbund.