Hittite (Nesite)

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Hittite (Nesite) is an extinct Indo-European language of ancient Anatolia, known from cuneiform texts and often regarded as the earliest attested Indo-European language.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Hittite 19
Hittite language 12
Hittites 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anatolian language
Indo-European language
extinct language
alternativeName Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)

Neshite
linked to: Nesite

Nesite
associatedWith Hittite Empire
Hittites
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
attestedFrom c. 17th century BCE
attestedUntil c. 12th century BCE
capitalAssociated Hattusa
containsLoanwordsFrom Akkadian
Hattic
Hurrian
earliestAttestedStatus earliest attested Indo-European language
era 2nd millennium BCE
extinctionStatus extinct
glottocode hitt1242
hasCase ablative
accusative
dative-locative
genitive
instrumental
nominative
hasFeature case-marking on nouns
rich verbal morphology
split-ergativity debates
two-gender system (animate vs inanimate)
hasMood imperative
indicative
hasNumber plural
singular
hasPerson first person
second person
third person
hasTenseAspect present-future
preterite
ISO639-3Code hit
languageBranch Anatolian
languageFamily Indo-European
namedAfter city of Neša
primarySources clay tablets
royal archives of Hattusa
region Anatolia
Asia Minor
scriptType logo-syllabic script
standardVariety Middle Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)

New Hittite
Old Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
usedAs administrative language of Hittite Empire
diplomatic language in Late Bronze Age Near East
usesLogogramsFrom Akkadian
Sumerian
writingSystem Akkadian cuneiform adaptation
Hittite cuneiform
cuneiform

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (41)

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

Anatolian languages hasSubgroup Hittite (Nesite)
Anatolian languages notableLanguage Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Asia Minor languageInHistory Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite Empire namedAfter Hittites
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite Empire language Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Palaic isRelatedTo Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Cuneiform Luwian closelyRelatedTo Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Akkadian influenced Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Luwic languages relatedTo Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Lydian closelyRelatedTo Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Boğazköy (Hattusa) languageOfInscriptions Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite (Nesite) alternativeName Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite (Nesite) associatedWith Hittites
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite (Nesite) standardVariety Old Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite (Nesite) standardVariety Middle Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Kültepe culture Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Kültepe language Old Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Kültepe language Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hurrian influenced Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Anatolian studies studies Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Indo-European morphology appliesTo Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Proto-Anatolian ancestorOf Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Suppiluliuma I ethnicGroup Hittites
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Mursili II language Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite laws writtenIn Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite laws culture Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Sun goddess of Arinna languageName Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Palaite closelyRelatedTo Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Palaite usedAlongside Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hittite archives language Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Carian language relatedTo Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Luwians linguisticallyRelatedTo Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Nesite alternativeName Hittite language
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Nesite usedBy Hittites
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Neša associatedWithCulture Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Neša languageAttested Old Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
King’s Gate culture Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Hatti conqueredBy Hittites
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Kaneš language Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Mesopotamian cuneiform usedForLanguage Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
Anatolian paganism usesLanguage Hittite
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)