Hattic language
E751930
The Hattic language was an extinct, non-Indo-European and non-Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Hattians in central Anatolia before being supplanted by Hittite.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anatolian language (areal)
ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Hattian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Hittite bilingual glosses
ⓘ
Hittite ritual texts ⓘ |
| countryModern | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Hittite scribes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | language shift to Hittite ⓘ |
| followedBy | dominance of Hittite language ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | pre-Hittite Anatolia ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | listed as extinct language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Hattian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology (proposed)
ⓘ
ergative alignment (proposed) ⓘ |
| hasUncertainClassification |
possible relation to Northwest Caucasian languages (hypothesis)
ⓘ
possible relation to other ancient Anatolian isolates (hypothesis) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hittite theonyms
ⓘ
Hittite toponyms ⓘ Old Hittite religious vocabulary ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| knownFrom | clay tablets from Hattusa ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate ⓘ |
| notInLanguageFamily |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier unattested Hattian speech ⓘ |
| primarySite | Hattusa (Boğazköy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hattian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Anatolian linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| scriptType | logo-syllabic script (via cuneiform) ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Hattians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hattusa region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
poorly attested
ⓘ
undeciphered in detail ⓘ |
| supplantedBy | Hittite language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mythological narratives
ⓘ
religious incantations ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Hittite cuneiform (secondary use) ⓘ |
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