Hurro-Urartian family

Hurrian

c. 2,300 BCE – 1,000 BCE Extinct

Hurrian (c. 2,300 BCE – 1,000 BCE) is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language. Lineage: Proto-Hurro-Urartian → Hurrian.

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ISO 639-3
xhu
Glottocode
hurr1240

Language of the Hurrians of northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia, including the Mitanni kingdom; known from cuneiform texts such as the Mitanni letter.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hurro-Urartianc. 3,000 BCE – 2,300 BCE
  2. Hurrianc. 2,300 BCE – 1,000 BCE

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Hurro-Urartian.

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