Proto-Albanian language
Albanian evolved from an ancient Paleo-Balkan language , traditionally thought to be Illyrian , or otherwise a totally unattested Balkan Indo-European language that was closely related to Illyrian and Messapic . 
<triplet> Paleo-Balkan language <subj> Indo-European language <obj> subclass of <triplet> Illyrian <subj> Indo-European language <obj> subclass of <triplet> Messapic <subj> Indo-European language <obj> subclass of