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Anatolian

Eurasian Language Families

The Anatolian languages are an extinct branch of the Indo-European languages that were spoken in Anatolia. The best known Anatolian language is Hittite, the earliest attested Indo-European language of any branch.

Facts
Region
Anatolia (modern Turkey) 2
Speaker Count
0 2
Proto-Language Status
Extinct branch of Indo-European; probably the earliest branch to split from Proto-Indo-European. Hittite, the best known Anatolian language, is the earliest-attested Indo-European language. 2
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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
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Number of Languages
10 1
Connections

Descends From

Indo-European, Language Families

Anatolian (Hittite, Luwian and their relatives) is a primary branch of Indo-European, the first to split from the rest of the family.

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Includes

Hittite Language

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Hittites

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Proto-Indo-European

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Found In

Anatolia

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Source Wikipedia: Anatolian LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Anatolian languages are an extinct branch of Indo-European languages that were spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey).
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Anatolian (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 10
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Wikipedia: Anatolian Languages
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia Anatolian languages, lead paragraph, sentence 1 (region clause)
    The Anatolian languages are an extinct branch of Indo-European languages that were spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey).
  • Wikipedia Anatolian languages, Origins section, sentence 1
    Only discovered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Anatolian languages are probably the earliest branch to have split from Proto-Indo-European.
  • Wikipedia Anatolian languages, lead paragraph, sentence 1 (extinct-status clause)
    The Anatolian languages are an extinct branch of Indo-European languages that were spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey).
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Anatolian
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Wikidata: Anatolian
Wikidata Q147085, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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