Illyrian (redirected from Illyrian languages)

Il·lyr·i·an  (-lîr-n)

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.

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Illyrian [ɪˈlɪərɪən]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of the group of related Indo-European peoples who occupied Illyria from the late third millennium to the early first millennium bc

2. (Linguistics / Languages) (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 Albanian

adj

(Placename) (Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) of, characteristic of, or relating to Illyria, its people, or their language

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Noun

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Illyrian - a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast Indo-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