In the book “THE GENESIS OF THE EARTH AND OF MAN: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF PASSAGES IN THE HEBREW AND GREEK SCRIPTURES, CHIEFLY WITH A VIEW TO THE SOLUTION OF THE QUESTION WHETHER THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN SPECIES BE OF MORE THAN ONE ORIGIN” we can read:

“The languages of the Epirots and Macedonians belong to this family, which is now represented in those countries by the Skipetarian, the language of the Albanians or Arnauts.