Cuneiform Luwian

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Anatolian language Indo-European language extinct language language

Cuneiform Luwian is an extinct Indo-European Anatolian language once spoken in ancient Anatolia and written using a modified form of Mesopotamian cuneiform script.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Luwian 14
Luwian language 10
Cuneiform Luwian canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
language ⓘ
attestedIn 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittite language
documentType clay tablet inscriptions ⓘ
evidenceType bilingual and mixed Hittite-Luwian texts ⓘ
extinctionReason language shift to other Anatolian and later Greek dialects ⓘ
grammaticalType inflected language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
surface form: Cuneiform Luvian

Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
surface form: Cuneiform Luwian language
hasFeature ablaut patterns typical of Indo-European languages ⓘ
agglutinative tendencies within inflectional system ⓘ
case system ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
use of clitics ⓘ
verb conjugation ⓘ
languageBranch Anatolian ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European
linguisticType SOV language ⓘ
partOf Luwic languages ⓘ
surface form: Luwic subgroup of Anatolian languages
reconstructedFrom cuneiform tablets ⓘ
region central Anatolia ⓘ
southern Anatolia ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
scriptOrigin Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
scriptType syllabic script ⓘ
spokenIn Anatolia ⓘ
ancient Anatolia ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Anatolian branch of the Indo-European languages ⓘ
Cuneiform Luwian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luwian language
timePeriod Bronze Age Anatolia ⓘ
usedAlongside Hittite cuneiform ⓘ
usedBy Hittite scribes ⓘ
Luwians ⓘ
usedFor administrative texts ⓘ
diplomatic texts ⓘ
incantations and rituals ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittite Empire context

Hittite archives ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform script ⓘ
modified Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
writingSystemType adaptation of Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Anatolian languages → hasLanguage → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Anatolian languages → hasLanguage → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
Anatolian languages → notableLanguage → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Asia Minor → languageInHistory → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Palaic → isRelatedTo → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Cuneiform Luwian → subclassOf → Cuneiform Luwian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Cuneiform Luwian → hasAlternativeName → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuneiform Luvian
Cuneiform Luwian → hasAlternativeName → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuneiform Luwian language
Luwian polities → usedLanguage → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Hieroglyphic Luwian → languageGroup → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian languages
Hieroglyphic Luwian → closelyRelatedTo → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
Luwic languages → hasMember → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Luwic languages → hasMember → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuneiform Luwian language
Luwic languages → namedAfter → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Lycian → closelyRelatedTo → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Cilicia → languageSpoken → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Anatolian studies → studies → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Proto-Anatolian → ancestorOf → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Palaite → usedAlongside → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Lycian II → closelyRelatedTo → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Luwic → includes → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Luwic → includes → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
Luwic → namedAfter → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Hittite archives → language → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Luwians → spoke → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Nesite → relatedTo → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Urartian language → neighboringLanguage → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Karkemish → languageEvidence → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian
Neo-Hittite states → language → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Syro-Anatolian region → languageFamilyPresent → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian language
Anatolian paganism → usesLanguage → Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian