Hattian language

Hattian language
also called  Hattic  or  Khattic  or  Khattish 

      non-Indo-European language of ancient Anatolia. The Hattian language appears as hattili ‘in Hattian' in Hittite cuneiform texts. Called Proto-Hittite by some, Hattian was the language of the linguistic substratum inside the Halys River (now called the Kızıl River) bend and in more-northerly regions. It is impossible to ascertain the length of time that the Hattians had been present in Anatolia before the Indo-Europeans entered the country, but it seems certain that by the beginning of the Hittite New Empire (c. 1400–c. 1190 BCE), Hattian was a dead language.

      The Indo-European newcomers of Hittite stock took the same name as their predecessors. All the Hattian material preserved by Hittite scribes concerns the religious sphere of life; the texts include rituals (such as those connected with the erection of a new building), incantations, antiphons, litanies, and myths. Among the Hattian interpolations in Hittite texts, there are some to which a Hittite translation has been added. A striking feature of the grammar of Hattian is its agglutination; it has both prefixes and suffixes. There are no formal marks to distinguish nouns from verbs.

      Hattian studies began in 1922 with the work of Assyriologist Emil Forrer. In 1935 Hans G. Güterbock, a pioneering Hittitologist, published a large group of texts containing Hattian material, including many of the Hattian texts stemming from excavations led by archaeologists Hugo Winckler (Winckler, Hugo) and Theodore Makridi at the ancient Hittite city of Hattusa (near modern Boğazkale, formerly Boğazköy, Tur.). See also Anatolian languages.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hattian — The word Hattian may refer to:* An ancient people of Anatolia, the Hattians. * An extinct language spoken in that region, the Hattic language …   Wikipedia

  • Hurrian language —       extinct language spoken from the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BCE until at least the latter years of the Hittite empire (c. 1400–c. 1190 BCE); it is neither an Indo European language (Indo European languages) nor a Semitic language… …   Universalium

  • Palaic language —       one of the ancient Anatolian languages, Palaic was spoken in Palā, a land located to the northwest of Hittite territory and across the Halys (now the Kızıl (Kızıl River)) River. The resemblance of Palā to the later place names Blaëne… …   Universalium

  • Hattic language — Infobox Language name=Hattic familycolor=Isolate region=Anatolia extinct=around 1100 BC? iso3=xht notice=nonoticeHattic was a language spoken by the Hattians in Asia Minor between the 3rd and the 2nd millennia BC. Scholars call this language… …   Wikipedia

  • Anatolian languages — Branch of the Indo European language family spoken in Anatolia in the 2nd–1st millennia BC. The attested Anatolian languages are Hittite, Palaic, Luwian (Luvian), Hieroglyphic Luwian, Lycian, and Lydian. Hittite, by far the most copiously… …   Universalium

  • Anatolia — /an euh toh lee euh/, n. a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia. Cf. Asia Minor. * * * or Asia Minor Turkish Anadolu… …   Universalium

  • epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction  the study of written… …   Universalium

  • Boğazköy — or Boğazkale Village, north central Turkey. Located about 90 mi (145 km) east of Ankara, it is on the ruins of the ancient Hittite capital of Hattushash. The site contains archaeological remains, including temples, city gates, and walls,… …   Universalium

  • Hattians — The Hattians were an ancient people who inhabited the land of Hatti in present day central and southeastern parts of Anatolia, Turkey. The Hattian civilisation was situated between ca. 2500 2000/1700 BC in the Early and Middle Bronze Age. As the… …   Wikipedia

  • Sapinuwa — or Shapinuwa (modern Ortaköy, Turkey) was a Bronze Age Hittite city. Digs In the first excavated region was a Cyclopean walled building dubbed Building A . Building A has yielded 3000 tablets and fragments. They were stored in three separate… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”