Hittite language - Wikipedia
Hittite is one of the Anatolian languages and is known from cuneiform tablets and inscriptions that were erected by the Hittite kings. The script formerly known as "Hieroglyphic Hittite" is now termed Hieroglyphic Luwian.
Hittite cuneiform script and Hittite language - Omniglot
Hittite was spoken north-central Anatolia (part of modern Turkey) and is generally classified as belonging to the Anatolian branch of Indo-European languages. Written records of Hittite date from between the 16th and 13th centuries BC, and it …
Hittite language | Anatolian, Indo-European, Hieroglyphic
Hittite language, most important of the extinct Indo-European languages of ancient Anatolia. Hittite was closely related to Carian, Luwian, Lydian, Lycian, and Palaic (see also Anatolian languages).
Introduction to Hittite - University of Texas at Austin
Hittite is the oldest recorded Indo-European language, but it had remained completely unknown during the period in which Indo-European linguistics developed because its records are on clay tablets that were excavated only at the end of the 19th century.
What Is Hittite? - Biblical Archaeology Society
2023年11月20日 · Predominantly used in central and eastern Anatolia and northwestern Syria, the Hittite language is attested—mostly on clay tablets—from around the 18th century BCE until the fall of the Hittite empire during the Bronze Age Collapse in the 12th century BCE.
The Chicago Hittite Dictionary Project
The Hittite language is the earliest preserved member of the Indo-European family of languages. It was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor, modern Turkey, over a five hundred year span (c. 1650-1180 B.C.).
Why Study the Hittites? | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Hittite is the oldest Indo-European language known—older than Greek, Latin, or Sanskrit. As an Indo-European language, Hittite is related to modern-day languages like English: the Hittite word for “water” is watar! But it is not always that transparent.
A Grammar of the Hittite Language - Eisenbrauns
Part 1 provides a thorough overview of Hittite grammar that is grounded in abundant textual examples. Part 2 is a tutorial that guides students through a series of graded lessons with illustrative sentences for translation.
Early Research, Indo-European, Hittite - Britannica
Old Hittite, the written embodiment of the earliest Indo-European language that has been discovered so far, is known from some tablets preserved in a type of handwriting (“old ductus”; see epigraphy) that was typical of the Old Kingdom period (c. 1650– c. 1500 bce).
THE HITTITE LANGUAGE The people whom we now call Hittites governed a powerful empire during a large part of the second millennium B.C. Their capital was Hattusas, on the site of the present Turkish village of Bogazkoy, ninety miles east of Ankara (ancient Ancyra). Their cities were burnt and their power was destroyed by the