Cuneiform Luwian

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Cuneiform Luwian is an extinct Indo-European Anatolian language once spoken in ancient Anatolia and written using a modified form of Mesopotamian cuneiform script.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Luwian 24
Luwian language 17
Cuneiform Luwian canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language
Indo-European language
extinct language
language
attestedIn 2nd millennium BCE
Late Bronze Age
closelyRelatedTo Hieroglyphic Luwian
Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
documentType clay tablet inscriptions
evidenceType bilingual and mixed Hittite-Luwian texts
extinctionReason language shift to other Anatolian and later Greek dialects
grammaticalType inflected language
hasAlternativeName Cuneiform Luvian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian

Cuneiform Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
hasFeature ablaut patterns typical of Indo-European languages
agglutinative tendencies within inflectional system
case system
grammatical gender
use of clitics
verb conjugation
languageBranch Anatolian
languageFamily Indo-European
linguisticType SOV language
partOf Luwic subgroup of Anatolian languages
linked to: Luwic languages
reconstructedFrom cuneiform tablets
region central Anatolia
southern Anatolia
scriptDirection left-to-right
scriptOrigin Mesopotamian cuneiform
scriptType syllabic script
spokenIn Anatolia
ancient Anatolia
status extinct
subclassOf Anatolian branch of the Indo-European languages
Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
timePeriod Bronze Age Anatolia
usedAlongside Hittite cuneiform
usedBy Hittite scribes
Luwians
usedFor administrative texts
diplomatic texts
incantations and rituals
religious texts
usedIn Hittite Empire context
linked to: Hittite Empire

Hittite archives
writingSystem cuneiform script
modified Mesopotamian cuneiform
writingSystemType adaptation of Akkadian cuneiform

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Anatolian languages hasLanguage Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Anatolian languages hasLanguage Cuneiform Luwian
Anatolian languages notableLanguage Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Asia Minor languageInHistory Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Palaic isRelatedTo Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Cuneiform Luwian subclassOf Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Cuneiform Luwian hasAlternativeName Cuneiform Luvian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Cuneiform Luwian hasAlternativeName Cuneiform Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwian polities usedLanguage Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Hieroglyphic Luwian languageGroup Luwian languages
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Hieroglyphic Luwian closelyRelatedTo Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic languages hasMember Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic languages hasMember Cuneiform Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic languages namedAfter Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Lycian closelyRelatedTo Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Cilicia languageSpoken Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Anatolian studies studies Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Proto-Anatolian ancestorOf Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Palaite usedAlongside Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Lycian II closelyRelatedTo Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic includes Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic includes Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic namedAfter Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Hittite archives language Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwians spoke Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Nesite relatedTo Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Urartian language neighboringLanguage Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Karkemish languageEvidence Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Neo-Hittite states language Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Syro-Anatolian region languageFamilyPresent Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Anatolian paganism usesLanguage Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Troy (region) languageHistoricallySpoken Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Archaeological Site of Troy inscriptionLanguageEvidence Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Kizzuwatna languageUsed Luwian
subject linked to: Kizzuwatna (at times)
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Anatolian hasSubgroup Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic subgroup of Anatolian hasMember Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic subgroup of Anatolian hasMember Cuneiform Luwian
Luwic subgroup of Anatolian namedAfter Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Milyan language isRelatedTo Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Milyan language sharesVocabularyWith Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Lycian I relatedTo Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Kubaba languageAttestedIn Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Nesite language coexistedWith Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Kummuh languageUsed Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Gurgum languageFamily Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Que languageFamilyInUse Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Sam’al hasLanguage Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Luwian religion associatedWithLanguage Luwian language
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Ma languageContext Luwian
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
Tabal region languageFamilyUsed Luwian languages
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian