Anatolian languages

E6057
branch of Indo-European languages extinct language family

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hittite 1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Indo-European language family → hasExtinctBranch → Anatolian languages ⓘ
Anatolian languages → hasLanguage → Anatolian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hittite
Pontus → hasLanguage → Anatolian languages ⓘ
Hieroglyphic Luwian → languageBranch → Anatolian languages ⓘ
Luwian polities → languageFamily → Anatolian languages ⓘ
Sidetic → languageFamily → Anatolian languages ⓘ
Lycian → subclassOf → Anatolian languages ⓘ