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The Proto-Albanians or Ur-Albanians were misterious Indo-European people who spoke the proto-Albanian language.

Proto-Albanians were cattle breeders.

Albanian historiography is focused on the research of Proto-Albanians.

Territory
It is unknown when exactly proto-Albanians began to infiltrate into ancient Illyria, but it is possible that it happened between second millennium and the middle of the first millennium BC.

Although there is no evidence of actual territory where exactly proto-Albanians lived during Middle Ages they certainly strongly intertwined with Slavs (Bulgarians and Serbs).

Descendants
The relation of Proto-Albanians to modern ethnic Albanians has been subject of dispute. Modern ethnic Albanians claim they are lineal descendant of ancient Illyrians and Dacians. This claim is disputed by plausible arguments which say that Albanians are not ancient people because they emerged in period between 14th and 19th century from the mixture of different "ethnic strains". On the other hand, substantial proportion of Slavs that settled Kosovo and adjacent regions also intermingled and interbreed with its previous inhabitants who might be descendants of "Illyrians", Dacians, Dardanians, Thracians or even Proto-Albanians. This makes impossible to draw distinctions between diverse modern ethnic groups on Kosovo and surrounding regions.