Illyrian language

E374974
Indo-European language ancient language extinct language

The Illyrian language was an extinct Indo-European language once spoken by the ancient Illyrian peoples in the western Balkans, known primarily from sparse onomastic and epigraphic evidence.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Illyrian languages 5
Illyrian language canonical 3
Paleo-Balkan languages 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
attestationType epigraphic evidence ⓘ
onomastic evidence ⓘ
attestedIn inscriptions ⓘ
personal names ⓘ
place names ⓘ
tribal names ⓘ
branchStatus may represent several related dialects ⓘ
certainty poorly attested ⓘ
classificationStatus controversial ⓘ
documentationStatus fragmentary ⓘ
evidenceType anthroponymy ⓘ
theonyms ⓘ
toponymy ⓘ
extinctionReason language shift to Latin ⓘ
language shift to early Slavic languages ⓘ
geographicContext northwestern Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
knownFrom Roman sources ⓘ
ancient Greek sources ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
possibleRelation Albanian language ⓘ
Messapic language ⓘ
Venetic language ⓘ
reconstructionStatus not reconstructible as a full language ⓘ
region Adriatic coast ⓘ
Dalmatia ⓘ
Illyricum ⓘ
surface form: Illyria

parts of modern Albania ⓘ
parts of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
parts of modern Croatia ⓘ
parts of modern Montenegro ⓘ
parts of modern Slovenia ⓘ
relationToAlbanian hypothesized ancestor or relative ⓘ
not conclusively demonstrated ⓘ
scriptStatus no native writing tradition securely identified ⓘ
spokenBy Illyrians ⓘ
ancient Illyrian peoples ⓘ
spokenIn western Balkans ⓘ
standardizationStatus not standardized ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subfamilyStatus unclassified within Indo-European ⓘ
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
usedDuring early Roman Empire in the Balkans ⓘ
pre-Roman period in the Balkans ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Illyrians → spokeLanguage → Illyrian language ⓘ
North Picene language → hasProposedRelation → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian (hypothetical)
Stridon → languageInHistoricalContext → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian languages
Illyrius → languageFamilyAssociated → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian languages
Dardania → languageGroup → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian (likely)
Dacian language → consideredPartOf → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Balkan languages
Dacian language → hasUncertainRelationshipWith → Illyrian language ⓘ
Pannonii → languageFamily → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian languages
Phrygian language → subfamily → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Balkan languages
Teuta → languageSpoken → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian
Kingdom of Illyria → language → Illyrian language ⓘ
Bato the Daesitiate → language → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian (presumed)
Breuci → languageFamily → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian languages
Roman province of Dalmatia → hadLanguage → Illyrian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illyrian languages