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Hattic, or Hattian, was a non-Indo-European agglutinative language spoken by the Hattians in Asia Minor in the 2nd millennium BC. Scholars call the language "Hattic" to distinguish it from Hittite, the Indo-European language of the Hittite Empire.
The Hittite language (self-designation: Nešili, "[in the language] of Neša") is an Indo-European language and thus linguistically distinct from the (non-Indo-European) Hattian language. The Hittites continued to use the term Land of Hatti for their own state.
Hattic, or Hattian, was a non- Indo-European agglutinative language spoken by the Hattians in Asia Minor in the 2nd millennium BC. Scholars call the language "Hattic" to distinguish it from Hittite, the Indo-European language of the Hittite Empire.
Article History. Also called: Hattic or Khattic or Khattish. Related Topics: Anatolian languages. Hattian language, non-Indo-European language of ancient Anatolia. The Hattian language appears as hattili ‘in Hattian’ in Hittite cuneiform texts.
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Characteristics and grammar. Hattic was an ergative, agglutinative language with weakly developed suffixation but heavy prefixation 14 . Verbs contained a string of prefixes with fixed order, expressing different grammatical relations. The verbal roots were predominantly monosyllabic or disyllabic.
Oct 1, 2023 · 73. 1.2K views 4 months ago. Hattic Language was spoken by the Hattians in the Anatolian peninsula prior to the rise of the Hittites. Hattic is a fascinating language that has been...
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An etymological dictionary of the Hattian language revealing a number of possible Sino-Caucasian cognations and some contact words. With various extra-linguistic excursuses and the criticism of the traditional West Caucasian attribution of Hattic.
