Nesite language
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The Nesite language is an ancient Anatolian language, often associated with the Hittites, and known primarily from cuneiform texts.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anatolian language
ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ ancient language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Hittite language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nesite NERFINISHED ⓘ Nešite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hittites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn | Boğazköy (Hattusa) tablets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Luwian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Palaic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deciphermentPeriod | late 19th–early 20th century ⓘ |
| earliestAttestation | Old Hittite period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceFor | early Indo-European morphology ⓘ |
| grammaticalType | fusional language ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
case system
ⓘ
clitic chains ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ split-ergative tendencies (debated) ⓘ verbal conjugation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Akkadian language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hurrian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no modern ISO 639-3 code (ancient language) ⓘ |
| keyDecipherer | Bedřich Hrozný NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Anatolian branch ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| linguisticImportance | earliest substantially attested Indo-European language ⓘ |
| namedAfter | city of Neša NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySources |
cuneiform tablets
ⓘ
royal archives of Hattusa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Anatolia ⓘ |
| scriptType | syllabic ⓘ |
| standardVariety | Hattusa scribal tradition ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Hittitology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-European linguistics ⓘ |
| subgroup | Hittite-Nesite ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative documents
ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ religious texts ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ treaties ⓘ |
| usedIn | Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
adapted Old Assyrian cuneiform
ⓘ
cuneiform script ⓘ |
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