Hittite (Nesite)

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Anatolian language Indo-European language extinct language

Hittite (Nesite) is an extinct Indo-European language of ancient Anatolia, known from cuneiform texts and often regarded as the earliest attested Indo-European language.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Hittite 8
Hittite language 5
Hittites 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
alternativeName Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form: Hittite

Nesite ⓘ
surface form: Neshite

Nesite ⓘ
associatedWith Hittite Empire ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hittites
attestedFrom c. 17th century BCE ⓘ
attestedUntil c. 12th century BCE ⓘ
capitalAssociated Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa
containsLoanwordsFrom Akkadian ⓘ
Hattic ⓘ
Hurrian ⓘ
earliestAttestedStatus earliest attested Indo-European language ⓘ
era 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
glottocode hitt1242 ⓘ
hasCase ablative ⓘ
accusative ⓘ
dative-locative ⓘ
genitive ⓘ
instrumental ⓘ
nominative ⓘ
hasFeature case-marking on nouns ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
split-ergativity debates ⓘ
two-gender system (animate vs inanimate) ⓘ
hasMood imperative ⓘ
indicative ⓘ
hasNumber plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasPerson first person ⓘ
second person ⓘ
third person ⓘ
hasTenseAspect present-future ⓘ
preterite ⓘ
ISO639-3Code hit ⓘ
languageBranch Anatolian ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European
namedAfter city of Neša ⓘ
primarySources clay tablets ⓘ
royal archives of Hattusa ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
scriptType logo-syllabic script ⓘ
standardVariety Hittite (Nesite) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Middle Hittite

New Hittite ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Hittite
usedAs administrative language of Hittite Empire ⓘ
diplomatic language in Late Bronze Age Near East ⓘ
usesLogogramsFrom Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ
writingSystem Akkadian cuneiform adaptation ⓘ
Hittite cuneiform ⓘ
cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Hittite (Nesite) → alternativeName → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
Hittite (Nesite) → associatedWith → Hittite (Nesite) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Cuneiform Luwian → closelyRelatedTo → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite language
Lydian → closelyRelatedTo → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
Kültepe → culture → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
Anatolian languages → hasSubgroup → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
Akkadian → influenced → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite language
Hurrian → influenced → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite language
Palaic → isRelatedTo → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
Hittite Empire → language → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite language
Kültepe → language → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Hittite
Kültepe → language → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
Asia Minor → languageInHistory → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
this entity surface form: Hittite
Hittite Empire → namedAfter → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittites
Anatolian languages → notableLanguage → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
Luwic languages → relatedTo → Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite language
Hittite (Nesite) → standardVariety → Hittite (Nesite) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Hittite
Hittite (Nesite) → standardVariety → Hittite (Nesite) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Hittite