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Anatolian

DEFINITIONS OF: Anatolian

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n an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European

Synonyms:
Anatolian language
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Hittite
the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
Lycian
an Anatolian language
Luvian, Luwian
an Anatolian language
Lydian
an Anatolian language
Palaic
an Anatolian language
Type of:
Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
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