Hieroglyphic Luwian

E38329
Anatolian language Indo-European language extinct language language

Hieroglyphic Luwian is an extinct Anatolian Indo-European language known from inscriptions written in a distinctive hieroglyphic script used in Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia and northern Syria.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Anatolian hieroglyphs 2
Hieroglyphic Luwian language 1
Luwian hieroglyphic script 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
language ⓘ
attestedIn bilingual inscriptions ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ
rock reliefs ⓘ
seals ⓘ
stone stelae ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Carian language ⓘ
Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
Lycian ⓘ
surface form: Lycian language

Lydian ⓘ
surface form: Lydian language
decipheredWithHelpOf bilingual Luwian-Phoenician inscriptions ⓘ
comparison with Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature Indo-European verbal inflection ⓘ
agglutinative case endings ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature Indo-European-type consonant system ⓘ
hasWritingSystemFeatures determinatives ⓘ
logograms ⓘ
syllabic signs ⓘ
ISO639-3Code hluw ⓘ
languageBranch Anatolian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
surface form: Luwian languages
region Anatolia ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
scriptType hieroglyphic script ⓘ
logo-syllabic script ⓘ
standardLanguageCode none ⓘ
subclassOf Anatolian branch of Indo-European ⓘ
Luwic language ⓘ
timeOfExtinction 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedBy Luwian-speaking elites ⓘ
Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
rulers of Carchemish ⓘ
rulers of Kummuh ⓘ
rulers of Melid ⓘ
usedFor commemorative inscriptions ⓘ
dedicatory texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedInPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
Early Iron Age ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
writingDirection boustrophedon ⓘ
left-to-right ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Hieroglyphic Luwian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anatolian hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphic Luwian script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Cuneiform Luwian → closelyRelatedTo → Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
Anatolian languages → hasLanguage → Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
Luwic languages → hasMember → Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hieroglyphic Luwian language
Luwian polities → usedScript → Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luwian hieroglyphic script
Luwic languages → writingSystem → Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphic Luwian → writingSystemUsed → Hieroglyphic Luwian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anatolian hieroglyphs