Philip Baldi (1983). An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages. SIU Press. pp. 87-88. ISBN978-0-8093-1091-3. «In fact, Albanian was not established definitively Indo-European until the latter part of the nineteenth century, when certain structural and lexical correspondences that demonstrated the Indo-European character of the language were noted (especially by Gustav Meyer)».
Robert Elsie (15 de noviembre de 2010). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 26. ISBN978-0-8108-7483-1. «The core of the present Albanological Institute was founded on 1 June 1953 with four staff members: Ilhami Nimani, Selman Riza».