Langenesis

Indo-European family

Hittite

c. 1,700 BCE – 1,180 BCE Extinct

Hittite (c. 1,700 BCE – 1,180 BCE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Anatolian → Hittite.

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ISO 639-3
hit
Glottocode
hitt1242

Earliest attested Indo-European language, written in cuneiform in the Hittite capital Hattusa. Hittite names appear in Old Assyrian texts from the 20th century BCE.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Anatolianc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  3. Hittitec. 1,700 BCE – 1,180 BCE

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Anatolian.

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