The

Illyrians The Illyrians (, ; ) were a group of Indo-European languages, Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan populations, alon ...

(, ; ) were a conglomeration of

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peoples and tribes in the

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, Southeastern Europe.

Illyrian tribes

Possibly related peoples

* Antitani / Atintanes / Atintani? ( Illyrian Atintani) *Dassaretae (

Dassareti The Dassaretii (Ancient Greek: Δασσαρῆται, Δασσαρήτιοι, ''Dassaretai'', ''Dassaretioi''; Latin language, Latin: ''Dassaretae'', ''Dassaretii'') were an Illyrians, Illyrian List of ancient Illyrian peoples and tribes, people ...

)? * Turboletae *

Molossians The Molossians () were a group of ancient Greek tribes which inhabited the region of Epirus in classical antiquity. Together with the Chaonians and the Thesprotians, they formed the main tribal groupings of the northwestern Greek group. On t ...

Pannonians

Eastern group

** Amantini / Amantes **

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Andizetes This is a list of ancient tribes in the ancient territory of Illyria (; ). The name ''Illyrians'' seems to be the name of a single Illyrian tribe that was the first to come into contact with the ancient Greeks, causing the name Illyrians to be ap ...

** Azali **

Breuci This is a list of ancient tribes in the ancient territory of Illyria (; ). The name ''Illyrians'' seems to be the name of a single Illyrian tribe that was the first to come into contact with the ancient Greeks, causing the name Illyrians to be ap ...

*** Colapiani *** Oseriates / Osseriates ** Ditiones ** Jasi ** Pirustae / Pirusti ** Ceraunii ** Glintidiones ** Scirtari ** Siculotae

Western group

** Daesitiates **

Maezaei Mazaei or Maezaei (Ancient Greek: Μαζαῖοι/Μαιζαῖοι) were a sub-tribe of the Illyrians, autochthonous to the interior of today's Bosnia and Herzegovina, settled mainly in the Sana (river), Sana river basin, the middle course of Vrba ...

/ Maizaioi / Mazaioi ** Segestani

Paeonians

There are different views and still no agreement among scholars about the

Paeonians Paeonians () were an ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people that dwelt in Paeonia (kingdom), Paeonia. Paeonia was an old country whose location was to the north of Ancient Macedonia, to the south of Dardania (Roman province), Dardania ...

/Paeones ethnic and linguistic kinship. Some such as Wilhelm Tomaschek and Paul Kretschmer claim that the

language Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...

spoken by the

belonged to the Illyrian family, while Dimitar Dechev claims affinities with

Thracian The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared between north-eastern Greece, ...

. Irwin L. Merker considers that the

spoken by the

was closely related to

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(and ancient Macedonian if it was a distinct language from

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), a Hellenic language with "a great deal of Illyrian and Thracian influence as a result of this proximity". * AgrianesEarly symbolic systems for communication in Southeast Europe, Part 2 by Lolita Nikolova, , 2003, page 529, "eastern Paionians (Agrianians and Laeaeans)" (also, ''Agriani'' and ''Agrii'') (it is also claimed that this tribe was

) * Almopians (also ''Almopioi'') *

Derrones The Derrones (or ''Deroni, Derroni'') were a Thracian or a Paionian tribe. Our knowledge of them comes from coins bearing variations of the legend of DERRONIKON (ΔΕΡΡΟΝΙΚΟΝ) - DERR (ΔΕΡΡ). The letters used in the coins are Greek, al ...

(also ''Derroni'') (it is also claimed that this tribe was

) *

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Pyrginae Hes ...

* Laeaeans (also ''Laeaei'' and ''Laiai'') * Odomantes (also ''Odomanti'') (it is also claimed that this tribe was

) * Paeoplae * SiropaionesThe Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus, John M. Marincola, and Aubery de Selincourt, , 2003, page 315, "... was that a number of Paeonian tribes – the Siriopaeones, Paeoplae, ..."

References

Sources

*Mallory, James P.; Adams, D. Q. (1997). ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture''. Routledge. *Wilkes, John. (1996). ''The Illyrians''. Wiley-Blackwell. {{Authority control

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Lists of tribes