Luwic languages

E38330

Anatolian language branch branch of language family

Luwic languages are a branch of the Anatolian group of Indo-European languages, including Luwian and related tongues once spoken in ancient Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Luwic subgroup of Anatolian languages	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anatolian language branch ⓘ branch of language family ⓘ
attestedIn	Hittite cuneiform texts ⓘ Neo-Hittite hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
extinctionReason	language shift to Greek ⓘ language shift to other regional languages ⓘ
geographicDistribution	coastal regions of southwestern Anatolia ⓘ interior regions of southern Anatolia ⓘ
hasMember	Carian language ⓘ Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ surface form: Cuneiform Luwian language Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ surface form: Hieroglyphic Luwian language Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ surface form: Luwian language Lycian ⓘ surface form: Lycian language Lydian ⓘ surface form: Lydian language Milyan ⓘ surface form: Milyan language Palaic ⓘ surface form: Pisidian language Sidetic language ⓘ possibly Cataonian language ⓘ
hasSource	clay tablets ⓘ coin legends for some languages ⓘ inscriptions on stone monuments ⓘ
influenced	personal names in Late Bronze Age Anatolia ⓘ toponymy of Anatolia ⓘ
namedAfter	Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ surface form: Luwian language
partOf	Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family ⓘ
relatedTo	Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ surface form: Hittite language Lydian ⓘ surface form: Lydian language Palaic language ⓘ
sharesFeature	Indo-European verbal morphology ⓘ split-ergative alignment in some members ⓘ two-gender system (animate vs inanimate) in many members ⓘ
spokenIn	ancient Anatolia ⓘ regions of modern-day Turkey ⓘ southern Anatolia ⓘ southwestern Anatolia ⓘ Anatolia ⓘ surface form: western Anatolia
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedBy	Indo-European linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Anatolian languages ⓘ Indo-European languages ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
writingSystem	Hieroglyphic Luwian ⓘ surface form: Anatolian hieroglyphs Greek alphabet for some later varieties ⓘ cuneiform script ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Anatolian languages → hasSubgroup → Luwic languages ⓘ

Cuneiform Luwian → partOf → Luwic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luwic subgroup of Anatolian languages