Lydian
E39294
Lydian is an extinct Indo-European language once spoken in the ancient kingdom of Lydia in western Anatolia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lydian language | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anatolian language
ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Lydian Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Lydians
|
| attestedIn |
coins
ⓘ
funerary inscriptions ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ votive inscriptions ⓘ |
| chronology | first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Hittite (Nesite)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite
Luwians ⓘ
surface form:
Luwian
|
| countryInAntiquity |
Lydian Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Lydia
|
| culturalContext |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid period Anatolia
pre-Classical Anatolia ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Asia Minor ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalCategory |
grammatical gender
ⓘ
noun cases ⓘ verb tenses ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Luwic subgroup ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | xld ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| linguisticResearchField | Anatolian linguistics ⓘ |
| mainArchaeologicalSite | Sardis ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
case system
ⓘ
gender distinction ⓘ verbal inflection ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Carian
ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
surface form:
Greek
Phrygian ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | nasalized vowels ⓘ |
| region |
Lydia
ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
surface form:
western Anatolia
|
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic script ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Anatolian branch ⓘ |
| usedIn |
funerary epitaphs
ⓘ
religious dedications ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingMaterial |
coinage
ⓘ
metal ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Lydian alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystemOrigin | derived from Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystemUnicodeBlock | Lydian (U+10920–U+1093F) ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lydian language
this entity surface form:
Lydian language
this entity surface form:
Lydian language
this entity surface form:
Lydian language