Liburnian | |
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(hypothetical) | |
Native to | Southwestern Croatia |
Region | Southeast Europe |
Ethnicity | Liburnians |
Extinct | Late antiquity |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xli |
xli | |
Glottolog | None |
Territory of the Liburnians and the place where Liburnian was spoken in the 1st century |
The language spoken by the Liburnians in classical times is basically unattested and unclassified. It is reckoned as an Indo-European language with a significant proportion of the Pre-Indo-European elements from the wider area of the ancient Mediterranean. Due to the paucity of evidence, the very existence of a distinct 'Liburnian language' must be considered hypothetical at this point.