Palaite

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Palaite is an ancient Anatolian language, closely related to Hittite and Luwian, once spoken in the region of Pala in north-central Anatolia.

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Label Occurrences
Palaite canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language
Indo-European language
ancient language
attestedIn Hittite archives
cuneiform tablets
belongsTo Palaic subgroup of Anatolian
closelyRelatedTo Hittite (Nesite)
surface form: Hittite

Luwians
surface form: Luwian
continent Asia
country Anatolia
surface form: Ancient Anatolia
culturalContext Hittite Empire
documentationStatus poorly attested
era 2nd millennium BCE
extinction ancient period
geographicDistribution Central Anatolia Region
surface form: north-central Anatolia
hasAlternativeName Palaic
hasCaseSystem yes
hasGrammaticalGender yes
hasVerbalSystem Indo-European type
historicalRegion Pala
ISOStatus no modern ISO 639 code
knownFrom fragments of ritual texts
languageBranch Anatolian
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European
linguisticTypology fusional language
namedAfter Pala
partOf ancient Anatolian linguistic area
primarySourcesLanguageOf Palaic rituals in Hittite archives
region north-central Anatolia
religiousTextLanguageOf Palaic cult texts
researchField Anatolian linguistics
Indo-European studies
scriptUsedIn Mesopotamian cuneiform
surface form: Hittite cuneiform
sharesFeaturesWith Hittite phonology
Luwian morphology
spokenIn Pala
north-central Anatolia
status extinct
studiedBy historical linguists
subclassOf Anatolian branch of the Indo-European languages
timePeriod Bronze Age
usedAlongside Hittite (Nesite)
surface form: Hittite

Cuneiform Luwian
surface form: Luwian
usedFor ritual texts
wordOrder SOV-dominant
writingSystem cuneiform

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Palaic hasAlternativeName Palaite