L'elemento latino della lingua albanese - un impatto della Via Egnatia?

According to a wide-spread theory, the Latin loanwords of Albanian originate from the Latin once spoken along the Via Egnatia which ran through Albania on its way to Byzantium. This theory implies the presence of Albanians in their actual territory already in ancient times in full accordance with the popular theory of an Albanian autochthony. However, a thorough investigation of the phonological history of the Latin loanwords and the Albanian toponymy reveals that they are affected by the same late sound laws. This indicates that both these lexical units have entered the Albanian language only in post-Christian times which creates a strong argument against the autochtony of the Albanians. The Latin loanwords of Albanian have thus been integrated when the ancestors of the Albanians were still dwelling in the Balkan hinterland, in some areas distant from the Via Egnatia.

根据学界广为流传的一项理论，阿尔巴尼亚语中的拉丁语借词源自曾沿埃格纳提亚大道（Via Egnatia）通行的拉丁语——这条大道途经阿尔巴尼亚，通往拜占庭。该理论暗含阿尔巴尼亚人早在古代便已定居于现今的领土范围内，这与广为流传的阿尔巴尼亚土著起源论（autochthony）完全契合。然而，通过对拉丁语借词与阿尔巴尼亚地名学（toponymy）的语音演变史展开全面考察，可发现二者的语音演变均受同一晚期语音法则的制约。这表明上述两类词汇单元均仅在基督教化后的时期才进入阿尔巴尼亚语，这为反驳阿尔巴尼亚土著起源论提供了强有力的论据。由此可见，阿尔巴尼亚语的拉丁语借词是在阿尔巴尼亚人的先民仍定居于远离埃格纳提亚大道的巴尔干内陆部分区域时，被融入阿尔巴尼亚语体系的。