Hieroglyphic Luwian

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Hieroglyphic Luwian is an extinct Anatolian Indo-European language known from inscriptions written in a distinctive hieroglyphic script used in Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia and northern Syria.

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Generate an image of Hieroglyphic Luwian (Hieroglyphic Luwian is an extinct Anatolian Indo-European language known from inscriptions written in a distinctive hieroglyphic script used in Bronze and Iron Age Anatolia and northern Syria.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language
Indo-European language
extinct language
language
attestedIn bilingual inscriptions
inscriptions
monumental inscriptions
rock reliefs
seals
stone stelae
closelyRelatedTo Carian language
Cuneiform Luwian
Lycian language
linked to: Lycian

Lydian language
linked to: Lydian
decipheredWithHelpOf bilingual Luwian-Phoenician inscriptions
comparison with Cuneiform Luwian
hasMorphologicalFeature Indo-European verbal inflection
agglutinative case endings
hasPhonologicalFeature Indo-European-type consonant system
hasWritingSystemFeatures determinatives
logograms
syllabic signs
ISO639-3Code hluw
languageBranch Anatolian languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup Luwian languages
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
region Anatolia
northern Syria
scriptType hieroglyphic script
logo-syllabic script
standardLanguageCode none
subclassOf Anatolian branch of Indo-European
Luwic language
timeOfExtinction 1st millennium BCE
usedBy Luwian-speaking elites
Neo-Hittite states
rulers of Carchemish
rulers of Kummuh
rulers of Melid
usedFor commemorative inscriptions
dedicatory texts
royal inscriptions
usedInPeriod 1st millennium BCE
2nd millennium BCE
Early Iron Age
Late Bronze Age
writingDirection boustrophedon
left-to-right
right-to-left
writingSystemUsed Anatolian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian

Hieroglyphic Luwian script

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Anatolian languages hasLanguage Hieroglyphic Luwian
Cuneiform Luwian closelyRelatedTo Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwian polities usedScript Luwian hieroglyphic script
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Hieroglyphic Luwian writingSystemUsed Anatolian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwic languages hasMember Hieroglyphic Luwian language
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwic languages writingSystem Anatolian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwic includes Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwic writingSystems Anatolian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Melid region writingSystem Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwians usedWritingSystem Luwian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Nesite writingSystem Luwian hieroglyphs (for some contexts and loanwords)
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Neo-Hittite states language Hieroglyphic Luwian
Cretan hieroglyphs distinctFrom Anatolian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Anatolian writingSystem Anatolian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwic subgroup of Anatolian hasMember Hieroglyphic Luwian
Luwic subgroup of Anatolian writingSystemUsed Anatolian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Milyan script relatedScript Luwian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
New Hittite period writingSystem Luwian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Melid hasWritingSystemEvidence Hieroglyphic Luwian
Kubaba mentionedIn Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Hittites writingSystem Luwian hieroglyphs
subject linked to: Hittite
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Gurgum writingSystem Hieroglyphic Luwian
Que languageFamilyInUse Hieroglyphic Luwian
Que writingSystemUsed Hieroglyphic Luwian
Zincirli hasNotableInscriptionLanguage Hieroglyphic Luwian
Sam’al hasWritingSystem Hieroglyphic Luwian
Unicode 8.0 includesScript Anatolian Hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian
Tabal region writingSystemUsed Hieroglyphic Luwian
Que (Cilician kingdom) hasWritingSystem Luwian hieroglyphs
linked to: Hieroglyphic Luwian