ITALIAN SCHOLARS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE
ITALIAN SCHOLARS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ALBANIAN LANGUAGE

Summary/Abstract: There have been discussions in Italian studies about the Albanian language, its history, the geography of its formation and its relations with the languages of antiquity. There have been wide-ranging opinions about its old age in the early stages in the areas where it was still used later in time. Competent scholars in comparative linguistics such as V. Pisani have leaned towards the thesis of its connections with Illyrian. There are important scholars of the XX century on Roman, Balkan and Albanian studies, such as C. Tagliavini, who favor N. Jokl’s theory of ‘compromise’. There have been interesting discussions about the relationship between ancient Albanian and Messapian language, but later there were others who preferred to cast their gaze away from the horizons which stuck to old designations. Nuances of ideas are encountered in P. Ribezzo, V. Pisani, G. Bonfante, E. Banfi, P. di Giovine, G. B. Pellegrini, etc. Such aspects will be taken into consideration, but first we will discuss the ideas of V. Pisani, E. Banfi, G. Bonfante, etc.

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