Nesite

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Hittite language Indo-European language ancient language

Nesite is the term commonly used by modern scholars for the Hittite language, an ancient Indo-European language once spoken in Anatolia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Neshite 2
Nesa 1
Nesha/Neshaš (various scholarly transcriptions) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
alternativeName Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittite language

Nesite ⓘ
surface form: Neshite

Nesite language ⓘ
capitalRegion Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa
classification oldest attested Indo-European language (among the earliest) ⓘ
earliestAttestation c. 17th century BCE ⓘ
era 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
extinct true ⓘ
geographicRegion Central Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: central Anatolia
hasFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
clitic chains ⓘ
extensive use of particles ⓘ
loanwords from Akkadian ⓘ
loanwords from Hattic ⓘ
loanwords from Hurrian ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
split-ergativity in some constructions (debated) ⓘ
two grammatical genders (common and neuter) ⓘ
verbal conjugation with person and number ⓘ
ISOStatus no modern ISO 639-1 code ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
latestAttestation c. 12th century BCE ⓘ
modernTermUsedBy scholars of ancient Anatolia ⓘ
namedAfter Nesite self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nesa
primaryFunction official language of the Hittite state ⓘ
primarySources clay tablets from Hattusa ⓘ
reconstructedFrom cuneiform tablet corpora ⓘ
relatedTo Carian language ⓘ
Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
surface form: Luwian language

Lydian ⓘ
surface form: Lydian language

Palaic language ⓘ
scriptType syllabic cuneiform ⓘ
spokenInPast Anatolia ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ
status dead language ⓘ
studiedBy Hittitology ⓘ
Indo-European linguistics ⓘ
subfamily Anatolian languages ⓘ
usedBy Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittites
usedIn administrative documents ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal edicts ⓘ
treaties ⓘ
writingSystem Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
surface form: Luwian hieroglyphs (for some contexts and loanwords)

cuneiform script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Hittite (Nesite) → alternativeName → Nesite ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) → alternativeName → Nesite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neshite
Nesite → namedAfter → Nesite self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nesa
Nesite → alternativeName → Nesite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neshite
Neša → alternativeName → Nesite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nesha/Neshaš (various scholarly transcriptions)