Anatolian languages

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Anatolian languages are an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family once spoken in ancient Anatolia, including languages such as Hittite and Luwian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Indo-European languages
extinct language family
attestedFrom early 2nd millennium BCE
attestedUntil 1st millennium BCE
continent Asia
discoveredThrough decipherment of Hittite cuneiform tablets
extinctionStatus extinct
familyColor Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European
feature laryngeal consonants preserved from Proto-Indo-European
reduced case system compared to other ancient Indo-European languages
two-gender system (animate vs inanimate) in many members
hasAncestor Proto-Indo-European
surface form: Proto-Indo-European language
hasLanguage Carian
Cuneiform Luwian
Hieroglyphic Luwian
Anatolian languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hittite

Cuneiform Luwian
surface form: Luwian

Lycian
Lydian
Milyan
Palaic
Pisidian
Sidetic
hasSubgroup Hittite (Nesite)
Luwic languages
Lycian
surface form: Lycian group

Lydian
Palaic
historicalPeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age
influencedBy Akkadian
Hurrian
ISO639-5Code ine-ana
majorCorpusLocation Boğazköy (Hattusa)
Kültepe
various sites in western and southern Anatolia
notableLanguage Hittite (Nesite)
surface form: Hittite

Cuneiform Luwian
surface form: Luwian

Lycian
Lydian
region Asia Minor
surface form: Anatolia

Asia Minor
spokenIn Hittite Empire
Luwian polities
studiedBy Indo-European linguistics
subclassOf Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
writingSystem alphabetic scripts
cuneiform
hieroglyphic Luwian script

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Indo-European language family hasExtinctBranch Anatolian languages
Anatolian languages hasLanguage Anatolian languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hittite
Sidetic languageFamily Anatolian languages
Luwian polities languageFamily Anatolian languages
Hieroglyphic Luwian languageBranch Anatolian languages
Lycian subclassOf Anatolian languages
Pontus hasLanguage Anatolian languages
Anatolian studies focusesOn Anatolian languages
Anatolian studies concerns Anatolian languages
this entity surface form: Anatolian branch of Indo-European
PIE ancestorOf Anatolian languages
subject surface form: Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Anatolian branchOf Anatolian languages
Carian language languageBranch Anatolian languages
Nesite subfamily Anatolian languages
Bedřich Hrozný hasAcademicDiscipline Anatolian languages
Lycaonians languageFamily Anatolian languages
this entity surface form: Anatolian languages (uncertain classification)
Amaseia languageUsed Anatolian languages
Galatian language influencedBy Anatolian languages
Kingdom of Maeonia languageFamilyHypothesis Anatolian languages
King of Pontus hasLanguage Anatolian languages