Luwians

E197938

Indo-European people ancient people

The Luwians were an ancient Indo-European people of Anatolia closely related to the Hittites, known for their own language, hieroglyphic script, and significant role in the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the region.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Luwians canonical	6
Luwian	5
Phrygians	2
Anatolians	1
Hittite	1
Luwian (Neo-Hittite)	1
Luwian culture	1
Luwian proper	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European people ⓘ ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom	inscriptions ⓘ monumental inscriptions ⓘ rock reliefs ⓘ seal impressions ⓘ
associatedWith	Hatti ⓘ surface form: Arzawa Karkemish ⓘ surface form: Carchemish Kizzuwatna (at times) ⓘ surface form: Kizzuwatna Neo-Hittite states ⓘ Neo-Hittite states ⓘ surface form: Syro-Anatolian states Tarhuntassa ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Hittite Empire ⓘ surface form: Hittites
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo	Hittite Empire ⓘ surface form: Hittites
ethnicGroupOf	Anatolia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age I ⓘ surface form: Early Iron Age Late Bronze Age ⓘ
influenced	Carian culture ⓘ Lycian culture ⓘ Lydian culture ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
linguisticallyRelatedTo	Carian language ⓘ Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ surface form: Hittite language Lycian ⓘ surface form: Lycian language Lydian ⓘ surface form: Lydian language Palaic language ⓘ Sidetic language ⓘ
majorDeity	Arma ⓘ Kubaba ⓘ Tarḫunna ⓘ surface form: Tarhunt
modernStudyField	Anatolian studies ⓘ Indo-European linguistics ⓘ
playedRoleIn	Hittite Empire ⓘ Late Bronze Age collapse ⓘ
politicalRole	rulers of Neo-Hittite kingdoms ⓘ vassals of Hittite Empire ⓘ
region	Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: central Anatolia southern Anatolia ⓘ Western Anatolia ⓘ surface form: western Anatolia
religion	Anatolian polytheism ⓘ
scriptType	logographic-syllabic script ⓘ
spoke	Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ surface form: Luwian language
subfamily	Anatolian languages ⓘ
timeInHistory	2nd millennium BCE ⓘ early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ surface form: Luwian hieroglyphs cuneiform script ⓘ
writingDirection	generally boustrophedon ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hittite Empire → ethnicGroup → Luwians ⓘ

Sidetic → isRelatedTo → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian

Milyan → closelyRelatedTo → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian

Cuneiform Luwian → usedBy → Luwians ⓘ

Luwian polities → ethnoLinguisticGroup → Luwians ⓘ

Lydian → closelyRelatedTo → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian

Mount Ida (through Dardanus traditions) → associatedPeople → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phrygians

Phrygia → namedAfter → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phrygians

Pontus → hasEthnicGroup → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolians

Anatolia → historicallyInhabitedBy → Luwians ⓘ

Sun goddess of Arinna → worshippedBy → Luwians ⓘ

Palaite → closelyRelatedTo → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian

Luwic → closelyRelatedTo → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hittite

Luwic → hasSubgroup → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian proper

Melid region → culture → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian culture

Phrygian → neighboringLanguages → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian

Syro-Anatolian region → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Luwians ⓘ

Hamath → languageInAntiquity → Luwians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwian (Neo-Hittite)