| covers the "Albanian" or Shqip set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity; comprising 1 set of 1 outer-language spoken by communities in the western Balkans, with an extension across the Adriatic to the Italian peninsula: 55-A SHQIP Albanian is probably related to the ancient Illyrian (Messapic) language, formerly spoken on both sides of the Adriatic |