Milyan

E37898
Anatolian language Indo-European language extinct language

Milyan is an extinct Anatolian Indo-European language once spoken in southwestern Asia Minor, known primarily from a small corpus of inscriptions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Milyan language 2

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycian B

Lycian II ⓘ
Milyan ⓘ
surface form: Milyan language
attestedIn inscriptions ⓘ
chronology 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Luwians ⓘ
surface form: Luwian

Lycian II ⓘ
surface form: Lycian A
corpusSize small corpus ⓘ
documentationLevel poorly attested ⓘ
evidenceType epigraphic ⓘ
extinction antiquity ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature Indo-European morphology ⓘ
case inflection ⓘ
gender distinction ⓘ
verb conjugation ⓘ
ISOStatus no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageBranch Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Anatolian
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European
linguisticSubgroup Luwic ⓘ
partOf ancient Anatolian linguistic area ⓘ
regionType Anatolia ⓘ
researchField Anatolian studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
scriptType alphabet ⓘ
spokenInHistoricalRegion Lycia ⓘ
southwestern Asia Minor ⓘ
spokenInPresentDayCountry Turkey ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Luwic language ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Lycian alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Milyan → alsoKnownAs → Milyan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milyan language
Lycian → closelyRelatedTo → Milyan ⓘ
Luwic languages → hasMember → Milyan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Milyan language