> I don't know exactly why it would even be linked to Romanian or Russian. It comes down to a common origin that Romanians and Albanians share in Thracian trib

> I don't know exactly why it would even be linked to Romanian or Russian. It comes down to a common origin that Romanians and Albanians share in Thracian tribes. A presumed Thraco-Illyrian language family[1] is the explanation for the weak[2], but relevant link between the two languages. As for the Slavic connection, Wikipedia has this to say[3]: "Albanian does share two features with Balto-Slavic languages: a lengthening of syllabic consonants before voiced obstruents and a distinct treatment of long syllables ending in a sonorant." [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thraco-Illyrian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thraco-Illyrian [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Romanian_words_of_possible_Dacian_origin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Romanian_words_of_possi... [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language#Linguistic_affinities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language#Linguistic_af...