Proto-Anatolian
E157663
Proto-Anatolian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Anatolian branch of Indo-European languages, including Hittite and Luwian, spoken in ancient Anatolia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proto-Anatolian canonical | 2 |
| Proto-Anatolian language | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
proto-language ⓘ reconstructed language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Carian
ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite
Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
surface form:
Luwian
Lycian ⓘ Lydian ⓘ Palaic ⓘ Pisidian ⓘ Sidetic ⓘ |
| attestedAs | reconstructed ⓘ |
| branchOf | Anatolian languages ⓘ |
| considered | one of the earliest-splitting Indo-European branches ⓘ |
| descendsFrom | Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| evidenceType | indirect ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Common Anatolian
ⓘ
Pre-Hittite Anatolian ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
animate gender
ⓘ
case ⓘ inanimate gender ⓘ number ⓘ person ⓘ tense-aspect-mood ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | archaic Indo-European vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | simplified verbal system compared to Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
laryngeal consonants preserved as consonants or vowels
ⓘ
reduced case endings compared to Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| influenced | cuneiform Hittite orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Anatolian ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| reconstructedFrom |
Hittite data
ⓘ
Luwian data ⓘ Lycian data ⓘ Lydian data ⓘ Palaic data ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | partial ⓘ |
| region | ancient Anatolia ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith |
laryngeal consonants
ⓘ
split-ergative alignment tendencies ⓘ two-gender system ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Anatolia ⓘ |
| spokenOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Indo-European studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| timeDepth | 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| writingSystem | unwritten ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Proto-Anatolian language