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In regards to ancient language of the Thracian before becoming Latin based is something that has not been resolved
In regards to Illyrians ......they began being mixed with Celts from southern Germany , from the Halstatt culture in Noricum ( east Austria ) all the way to the celtic settling in Serbia ...the Scordisci
https://www.academia.edu/10763789/On_The_Celtic_Conquest_of_Thrace_and_Macedonia_280_279_BC_
then we have the great Illyrian revolt which the Romans have never said that there where Illyrians, but stated different tribes in Illricum
the "illyrian" tribes involved in the 4 year long revolt as per roman census and Pliny
To the Romans , these tribes where basically Dalmatians and pannonians
Yes it is likely most of these illyrians that fought longest in the uprising were later outnumbered/replaced by roman empire citizens and then moreso by south slavs so they lost their identity, language, culture but you are missing the south illyrians - here is some history on one group of south illyrians
"The Parthini are often mentioned in the course of the Roman wars in Illyria and Macedonia, 229 BCE, but as friends rather than foes of the Romans, having submitted at an early period to their arms. (Polyb. ii. 11; Livy xxix. 12.) After the death of Philip, king of Macedon, they appear to have been added to the dominions of Pleuratus, an Illyrian prince allied to the Romans."
As you can see some illyrian groups teamed up with the romans so to speak and werent replaced. Pleuratus was king of Taulantii tribe and his tribe was later absorbed by the Dardani. Who were the parthini?
"According to a mythological tradition reported by Appian (2nd century AD), the Parthini were among the South-Illyrian tribes that took their names from the first generation of the descendants of Illyrius, the eponymous ancestor of all the Illyrian peoples."