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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hattic language canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8604183 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hattic language Context triple: [Hatti, language, Hattic language]
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A.
Ugaritic language
The Ugaritic language is an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken in the ancient city of Ugarit on the Syrian coast, known primarily from cuneiform texts dating to the Late Bronze Age.
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B.
Hittite
The Hittite were an ancient Anatolian people who established a powerful Bronze Age empire centered in Hattusa, known for their advanced legal system, early use of iron, and conflicts with Egypt.
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C.
Amorite language
The Amorite language was an extinct Northwest Semitic language spoken by the ancient Amorite people in the Near East during the early second millennium BCE.
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D.
Hurrian
Hurrian was an ancient Near Eastern language spoken by the Hurrian people, influential in the linguistic and cultural milieu of Bronze Age Anatolia and Mesopotamia.
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E.
Urartian language
The Urartian language was an extinct agglutinative language of the ancient Near East, spoken in the kingdom centered around Lake Van in the early first millennium BCE and related to Hurrian.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hattic language Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Ugaritic language
The Ugaritic language is an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken in the ancient city of Ugarit on the Syrian coast, known primarily from cuneiform texts dating to the Late Bronze Age.
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B.
Hittite
The Hittite were an ancient Anatolian people who established a powerful Bronze Age empire centered in Hattusa, known for their advanced legal system, early use of iron, and conflicts with Egypt.
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C.
Amorite language
The Amorite language was an extinct Northwest Semitic language spoken by the ancient Amorite people in the Near East during the early second millennium BCE.
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D.
Hurrian
Hurrian was an ancient Near Eastern language spoken by the Hurrian people, influential in the linguistic and cultural milieu of Bronze Age Anatolia and Mesopotamia.
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E.
Urartian language
The Urartian language was an extinct agglutinative language of the ancient Near East, spoken in the kingdom centered around Lake Van in the early first millennium BCE and related to Hurrian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anatolian language (areal)
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ancient language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedCulture |
Hattian civilization
ⓘ
linked to:
Hattians
|
| attestedIn |
Hittite bilingual glosses
ⓘ
Hittite ritual texts ⓘ |
| countryModern | Turkey ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Hittite scribes ⓘ |
| extinctionReason | language shift to Hittite ⓘ |
| followedBy | dominance of Hittite language ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | pre-Hittite Anatolia ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | listed as extinct language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hattian
ⓘ
linked to:
Hatti
|
| 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 ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier unattested Hattian speech ⓘ |
| primarySite |
Hattusa (Boğazköy)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
|
| region |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hattian religion ⓘ |
| researchField |
Anatolian linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| scriptType | logo-syllabic script (via cuneiform) ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Hattians ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Anatolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Anatolia Region
Hattusa region ⓘ
linked to:
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
|
| status |
poorly attested
ⓘ
undeciphered in detail ⓘ |
| supplantedBy | Hittite language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mythological narratives
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religious incantations ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Hittite cuneiform (secondary use) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hattic language Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.