User:Alcaios/Albanian
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Most scholars locate the Urheimat ("original homeland") of the Albanians in the inner Balkans, in an area located somewhere between the western Adriatic coastline, inhabited in ancient times by Illyrian tribes, and the eastern regions of the peninsula, populated by the Thracians.[1][2][3][4]
Several specific locations have been proposed, although none of them has achieved widespread scholarly acceptance: the area stretching between Mat and Niš,[5] the Morava Valley (corresponding to the Roman provinces of Dardania and Dacia Mediterranea),[6] etc.