Indo-European vs Illyrian

Illyrian vs Indo-European

Indo-European and Illyrian both are nouns.

Indo-European is an adjective but Illyrian is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Indo-European	Yes	Yes	No	No
Illyrian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Illyrian is a hyponym of Indo-European; that is, Illyrian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Indo-European:

Indo-European: the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
Illyrian: a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast

Other hyponyms of Indo-European include PIE, Proto-Indo European, Proto-Indo European language, Albanian, Albanian language, Armenian, Armenian language, Thraco-Phrygian, Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic, Germanic, Germanic language, Celtic, Celtic language, Italic, Italic language, Tocharian, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language, Anatolian, Anatolian language, Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language, Centum language.

Indo-European (noun)	Illyrian (noun)
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia	a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European

Indo-European (adjective)	Illyrian (adjective)
of or relating to the former Indo-European people
of or relating to the Indo-European language family

Difference between Indo-European and Illyrian

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