Hittite

extinct Bronze Age Indo-European language
Intangible dead_language Q35668
Hittite
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Hittite

Summary

Hittite is a dead language[1]. Hittite ranks in the top 6% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (814 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hittite is in the country of Hatti[3].
  • Hittite's instance of is recorded as dead language[4].
  • Hittite's instance of is recorded as ancient language[5].
  • Hittites is named after Hittite[6].
  • Hittite followed Hattic[7].
  • Hittite is a type of Anatolian[8].
  • Hittite's writing system is recorded as Hittite cuneiform[9].
  • Hittite's writing system is recorded as cuneiform[10].
  • Hittite's Commons category is recorded as Hittite language[11].
  • Hittite occurred on 1650 BC[12].
  • Hittite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hittite language[13].
  • Hittite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
  • Hittite's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'hit', 'text': '𒌷𒉌𒅆𒇷'}[15].
  • Hittite's UNESCO language status is recorded as 6 extinct[16].
  • Hittite's indigenous to is recorded as Hatti[17].
  • Hittite's studied by is recorded as Hittitology[18].
  • Hittite's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HIT[19].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as nominative case[20].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as genitive case[21].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as accusative case[22].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as dative case[23].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as vocative case[24].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as ablative case[25].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as locative case[26].
  • Hittite's has grammatical case is recorded as instrumental case[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include dead language[4] and ancient language[5]. Hittite is a type of Anatolian[8].

Origins

Hittites is named after Hittite[6].

Why It Matters

Hittite ranks in the top 6% of dead_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (814 views/month).[2] Hittite has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Hittite is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Writing system Hittite cuneiform, cuneiform
    Named after Hittites
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
    Follows Hattic
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