Proposed Illyrian vocabulary

The names occur in sources that range over more than a millennium, including numismatic evidence, as well as posited original forms of placenames.

<βρα>· ἀδελφοί, ὑπὸ Ἰλλυρίων <Δευάδαι>· οἱ Σάτοι, παρὰ Ἰλλυρίων Οί δέ λέγουσιν Ἰλλυριούς ῥινόν λέγειν τήν άχλύν Est autem sabaia ex ordeo vel frumento in liquorem conversus paupertinus in Illyrico potus Jerome:[12] ζύθον, quod genus est potionis ex frugibus aquaque confectum et vulgo in Dalmatiae Pannoniaeque provinciis gentili barbaroque sermone appellatur sabaium Illyrii restant sicis sybinisque fodentes Festius compared it to συβηνη (Gk.

), "flute case", a word found in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusai Illyrii restant sicis sybinisque fodentes Of Illyrian soldiers;[15] later used in Pliny to describe Thracian implements Messapic language is oftentimes regarded as close to Illyrian[18] even though there is still no consensus among scholars regarding their proximity.

[39] Dardanelles Dardi in Daunia Living nearfter the Chelidones (meaning "swallow" in Greek, main reason for the connection with Alb.

Alföldy identified five principal onomastic provinces within the Illyrian area:[dubious – discuss] 1) the "real" Illyrians south of the river Neretva in Dalmatia and extending south to Epirus; 2) the Delmatae, who occupied the middle Adriatic coast between the "real Illyrians" to the south and the Liburni to the north; 3) the Liburni, a branch of Venetic in the northeast Adriatic; 4) the Iapodes, who dwelt north of the Delmatae and behind (inland from) the coastal Liburnians; 5) the Pannonians in the northern lands, and in Bosnia, northern Montenegro and Western Serbia.

[citation needed] Katičić does not recognize a separate Pannonian onomastic area, and includes the Pannoni with the Delmatae.

[80] Below, names from four of Alföldy's five onomastic areas are listed, Liburnian excluded, having been identified as being akin to Venetic.

The Breuci: Scilus Bato (first and last name), Blaedarus, Dasmenus, Dasius, Surco, Sassaius, Liccaius, Lensus.

Due to this intensive contact, and because of conflicting classical sources, it is unclear whether some ancient tribes were Illyrian or Celtic (ex: Scordisci)[97] or mixed in varying degree.