Hittite language

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• Hittite language —       most important of the extinct Indo European languages of ancient Anatolia. Hittite was closely related to Carian (Carian language), Luwian (Luwian language), Lydian (Lydian language), Lycian (Lycian language), and Palaic (Palaic language)… …   Universalium

• Hittite — 1. noun a) A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia. b) An ancient Indo European language of the Anatolian branch, attested from the 16th century BC until the 13th century BC. 2. adjective a) Of or relating …   Wiktionary

• Hittite cuneiform — refers to the implementation of cuneiform script used in writing the Hittite language. The surviving corpus of Hittite texts is preserved in cuneiform on clay tablets dates to the 2nd millennium BC (roughly spanning the 17th to 12th centuries).… …   Wikipedia

• Hittite — may refer to:*the Hittites, an ancient Anatolian people. *the Neo Hittite states, Iron Age successors to the Hittite people located in modern Turkey and Syria. *the Hittite language, an ancient Indo European language. *Biblical Hittites, also… …   Wikipedia

• Hittite (langue) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hittite. Hittite Période IIe millénaire av. J.‑C. Parlée en Anatolie …   Wikipédia en Français

• Hittite — /hit uyt/, n. 1. a member of an ancient people who established a powerful empire in Asia Minor and Syria, dominant from about 1900 to 1200 B.C. 2. an extinct language of the Anatolian branch of Indo European, preserved in cuneiform inscriptions… …   Universalium

• Hittite texts — The corpus of texts written in the Hittite language is indexed by the Catalogue des Textes Hittites (CTH, since 1971, edited by Emmanuel Laroche). Studies of selected texts are published in the StBoT series.The CTH numbering is arranged as… …   Wikipedia

• Hittite — noun Etymology: Hebrew Ḥittī, from Hittite ḫatti Date: 1608 1. a member of a conquering people in Asia Minor and Syria with an empire in the second millennium B.C. 2. the extinct Indo European language of the Hittites see Indo European languages… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Langue hittite — Hittite (langue) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hittite. La langue hittite est la principale langue anatolienne parlée par le peuple hittite. Elle est généralement rattachée à la famille des langues indo européennes, même si quelques… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Franco-Provençal language — language name=Franco Provençal, Arpitan nativename=patouès, arpetan pronunciation=/patuˈe/ /patuˈɑ/ states=flag|Italy flag|France flag|Switzerland region=Valle d Aosta, Piedmont, Foggia, Franche Comté, Savoie, Bresse, Bugey, Dombes, Beaujolais,… …   Wikipedia