Original sentence: A theory dating back to the seventeenth century attempted to connect the pre-Indo-European Pelasgian language with Albanian.Ancient writers dereferences to the Pelasgians are confusing, however, with some writers stating that Pelasgians had spoken a "barbaric" or "non Hellenic” language, while others maintained that they were Greek-speaking
Edited sentence: "The Hellenic race has never, since its first origin, changed its speech.A now-discredited theory dating back to the seventeenth century attempted to connect the pre-Indo-European Pelasgian language with Albanian.According to him, the language of the Pelasgians was a form of Greek and the Greeks never changed their speech.It was a branch of the Pelasgic, which separated from the main body, and at first was scanty in numbers and of little power; but it gradually spread and increased to a multitude of nations, chiefly by the voluntary entrance into its ranks of numerous tribes of barbarians.Other ancient Greek references to the Pelasgians are confusing, however, with some writers stating that Pelasgians had spoken a "barbaric" language, while others maintained that they were Greek-speaking.Specifically, Herodotus states:.This at least seems evident to me