Luvian (Noun)
Meaning
An Anatolian language.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Luvian language was a prominent member of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family.
- Luvian was discovered in the mid-19th century, but the language and its speakers remain an object of debate and mystery in scholarly circles.
- The Luvian language had a rich literary tradition, with the most famous example being the Hittite mythology translations.
- Some scholars have argued that Luvian was not a distinct language, but a dialect of the Hittite language.
- Insufficient data still hinders the development of a thorough grammar of the language Luvian.