Indo-European family
Luwian
c. 1,600 BCE – 600 BCE Extinct
Luwian (c. 1,600 BCE – 600 BCE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Anatolian → Luwian.
See Luwian on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- xlu
Attested in cuneiform and Anatolian hieroglyphs; widely spoken in the Late Bronze Age and in the Neo-Hittite states.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Anatolianc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
- Luwianc. 1,600 BCE – 600 BCE
Sister languages 5
Also descended from Proto-Anatolian.