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| The '''Illyrians''' were an ] people, who inhabited the western ] up into ] before the ]. They spoke languages grouped in the ], a separate branch of Indo-European. | The '''Illyrians''' were an ] people, who inhabited the western ] from ] up into ] before the ]. They spoke languages grouped in the ], a separate branch of Indo-European. | ||
| The Illyrians may have appeared in the western part of the Balkan peninsula about ], a period coinciding with the end of the ] and the beginning of the ]. The Illyrians were not a unified body but a group of many different tribes. These tribes however had a common culture and spoke related languages. | The Illyrians may have appeared in the western part of the Balkan peninsula about ], a period coinciding with the end of the ] and the beginning of the ]. The Illyrians were not a unified body but a group of many different tribes. These tribes however had a common culture and spoke related languages. | ||
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The Illyrians were an Indo-European people, who inhabited the western Balkans from Epirus up into Pannonia before the Common Era. They spoke languages grouped in the Illyrian languages, a separate branch of Indo-European.
The Illyrians may have appeared in the western part of the Balkan peninsula about 1000 BC, a period coinciding with the end of the Bronze age and the beginning of the Iron age. The Illyrians were not a unified body but a group of many different tribes. These tribes however had a common culture and spoke related languages.
Whether the Albanian language descends from an Illyrian language is disputed among scholars (see Origin of Albanians).