Hittite

Hittite   
Hittite language (nešili)

Hittite was spoken north-central Anatolia (part of modern Turkey) and
is generally classified as belonging to the Anatolian branch of Indo-European
languages. Written records of Hittite date from between the 16th
and 13th centuries BC, and it is the earliest Indo-European to appear
in writing.

Hittite was written with a cuneiform script adapted from a version of
Akkadian cuneiform from northern Syria and was deciphered during the early
20th century mainly by Bedřich Hrozný, with contributions
by Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, and Hugo Winckler, who discovered many
tablets written in Hittite at the village of Boğazköy in Turkey.

Notable features

  • Type of writing system: syllabic with logograms for words
    of Sumerian and Akkadian origin
  • Direction of writing: variable
  • Used to write: Hittite

Hittite syllabic glyphs

Some Hittite Cuneiform glyphs

Sample text

Sample of Hittite writing

Source: http://historicconnections.webs.com/biblicalarchaeology.htm

Links

Information about the Hittite language and writing system:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/hitol-0-X.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittite_language
http://www.ancientscripts.com/hittite.html

Hittte grammar
http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneiform.languages/index_en.php?page=accueil

Hittite dictionary
http://www.wordgumbo.com/ie/cmp/hitt.htm

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