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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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