Langenesis

Hurro-Urartian family

Urartian

c. 850 BCE – 600 BCE Extinct

Urartian (c. 850 BCE – 600 BCE) is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language. Lineage: Proto-Hurro-Urartian → Urartian.

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ISO 639-3
xur
Glottocode
urar1245

Language of the kingdom of Urartu around Lake Van, attested in cuneiform inscriptions from the 9th to 7th/6th century BCE. Not a direct descendant of attested Hurrian.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hurro-Urartianc. 3,000 BCE – 2,300 BCE
  2. Urartianc. 850 BCE – 600 BCE

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Hurro-Urartian.

Sources