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Anatolian

Anatolian

1 9.9
An extinct group of languages once spoken in Anatolia and known from old inscriptions
  • noun
  • /ˌænəˈtoʊliən/
  • Specialized
: idioma anatolio
  • Many artifacts from the Hittite Empire include examples of Anatolian texts that reveal their cultural practices.

Examples

  • Scholars study Anatolian to explore the evolution of language in ancient civilizations.

  • Lewian was a language that a lot of ancient Turkish or ancient Anatolian people spoke in the Hittite Empire.

  • The ancient inscriptions show how the Anatolian languages contributed to our understanding of Proto-Indo-European.

Synonyms

Anatolian language
vsAnatolian
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of ancient Indo-European languages once spoken in Anatolia and known from old writings

is the shorter form used as a name without the extra word

Compounds

Anatolian language
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of ancient Indo-European languages once spoken in Anatolia and known from old writings

Surface Forms

Anatolian singular
Anatolians plural

Morphology

Anatolian = Anatolia (transparent) = Anatolia + an

Derived by adding the demonymic/adjectival suffix '-an' to the place name 'Anatolia', so learners who know 'Anatolia' can infer it refers to things or peoples from Anatolia.

Etymology

Anatolian for the group of old languages comes from the Greek anatolē, which means 'east' or 'sunrise', because these languages were spoken in the land east of Greece, in what is now Turkey. So Anatolian languages are the old languages of that region, like Hittite.