Illyrian

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I0040600 (ĭ-lîr′ē-ən)adj. Of or relating to ancient Illyria or its peoples, languages, or cultures.n.1. A member of one of the ancient peoples that inhabited Illyria.2. An extinct Indo-European language spoken in Illyria and known only from scattered personal and geographical names preserved in Greek and Roman sources.

Illyrian

(ɪˈlɪərɪən) n1. (Peoples) a member of the group of related Indo-European peoples who occupied Illyria from the late third millennium to the early first millennium bc2. (Languages) the extinct and almost unrecorded language of these peoples: of uncertain relationship within the Indo-European family, but thought by some to be the ancestor of modern Albanian3. (Historical Terms) the extinct and almost unrecorded language of these peoples: of uncertain relationship within the Indo-European family, but thought by some to be the ancestor of modern Albanianadj4. (Placename) of, characteristic of, or relating to Illyria, its people, or their language5. (Languages) of, characteristic of, or relating to Illyria, its people, or their language6. (Peoples) of, characteristic of, or relating to Illyria, its people, or their language

Il•lyr•i•an

(ɪˈlɪər i ən)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Illyria, its inhabitants, or their speech. n. 2. a native or inhabitant of Illyria. 3. the extinct Indo-European language or languages spoken by the Illyrians.

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Noun

Illyrian - a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coastIndo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia

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Illyrian

an ancient Indo-European language, which was spoken by the Illyrians. No written remains are known in the Balkans. The language is reconstructed on the basis of a large number of geographic and personal names, a few glosses, and inscriptions found in the southern part of the Italian Peninsula in the Messapian language, which most specialists consider to be Illyrian.

REFERENCES

Gindin, L. A. Iazyk drevneishego naseleniia iuga Balkanskogo poluostrova. Moscow, 1967. Pages 10–11.
Desnitskaia, A. V. “Drevnie germano-albanskie iazykovye sviazi v svete problem indoevropeiskoi areal’noi lingvistiki.” Voprosy iazykoznaniia, 1965, no. 6.
Porzig, W. Chlenenie indoevropeiskoi oblasti. Moscow, 1964. (Translated from German.)
Krahe, H. Die Sprache der Illyrier, vols. 1–2. Wiesbaden, 1955–64.
Mayer, A. Die Sprache de alten Illyrier, vols. 1–2. Vienna, 1957–59.
Kronasser, H. “Zum Stand der Illyristik.” Balkansko ezikoznanie, 1962, no. 4, pp. 5–23.
Stipcevic, A. Bibliographia illyrica. Sarajevo, 1967.

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noun a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages

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