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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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

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