Luwian language

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language
gptkbp:classification Ancient language
gptkbp:code luw
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Yes
gptkbp:cultural_heritage gptkb:Anatolian_civilization
gptkb:Tarsus
Hattusa
Karkemish
Alalakh
Gradual decline
Inscriptions and artifacts
Limited interest
Tell_Atchana
gptkbp:cultural_significance Used in inscriptions
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Hittite_Empire
gptkbp:descendant Luwian dialects
gptkbp:documentedIn c. 2000 BC
gptkbp:family gptkb:Indo-European
gptkbp:features Agglutinative structure
gptkbp:gender Masculine and feminine
gptkbp:genus Anatolian
gptkbp:historical_analysis Ongoing studies
gptkbp:historical_significance Cultural_exchange_in_ancient_Anatolia
gptkbp:historicalContext Iron Age
Bronze Age
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Luwian language
gptkbp:influence Ancient_Anatolian_languages
Modern_Anatolian_languages
gptkbp:language gptkb:Anatolian_branch_of_Indo-European
gptkb:Western_Luwian
Inflectional morphology
SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) order
Eastern Luwian
Loanwords_from_Greek
Loanwords_from_Akkadian
Cognates_with_Hittite
Hittite-Luwian_group
Loanwords_from_Semitic_languages
gptkbp:language_of_instruction gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkbp:lastProduced c. 1000 BC
gptkbp:notableFeature Luwian hieroglyphs
Luwian_inscriptions
gptkbp:officialLanguage Dead language
gptkbp:phonology Consonant-vowel structure
Consonants_and_vowels
gptkbp:providesResourcesFor Textual evidence
Inscriptional evidence
gptkbp:region gptkb:Anatolia
gptkbp:relatedPatent Flexible
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hittite
Lycian
gptkbp:scholarships Studied by linguists
gptkbp:screenplayBy Cuneiform
Hieroglyphic Luwian
gptkbp:type SOV language