Kalašma language
| Kalašma | |
|---|---|
| Kalasmaic | |
| Native to | Kalašma |
| Region | Anatolia |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Hittite cuneiform | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
The Kalašma language, or Kalasmaic, is an extinct
Discovery
The
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg announced the discovery of Kalasmaic in 2023, based on a clay tablet (indexed KBo 71.145[2]) from the Bogazköy Archive excavated at Hattusa, the Hittite capital.[3] The tablet, written in Hittite cuneiform of the 13th century BCE,[2] is one of many in the archive recording rituals of the empire's subject and neighbouring peoples.[1] Its Hittite-language introduction describes its main text as in "the language of the land of "[1] (URUka-la-aš-mi-li[2]
).
At the time its discovery was announced, the text itself had not been deciphered.
A linguistic analysis by Ilya Yakubovich and Elisabeth Rieken is due to be published in 2024 in Archäologischer Anzeiger.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "New Indo-European Language Discovered". Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ a b c d Schwemer 2024 p. XIX
- ^ Georgiou, Aristos (2023-09-22). "Archaeologists discover previously unknown language from ancient tablet". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Chrysopoulos, Philip (2023-09-23). "New Indo-European Language Discovered in Ancient City of Hattusa". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Ceylan, Kemal; Şeker, Şahin (6 October 2023). "Epigraflar Kalaşma dilini okuyoruz ama anlayamıyoruz dedikleri Hitit tabletinde keşfetmiş". Arkeolojik Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "The Language of Kalašma: A New Branch of Anatolian". www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ Schwemer 2024
Bibliography
- Schwemer, Daniel (2024). Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköi (PDF) (in German). Vol. 71. Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. pp. XIX, XXXI [text], 42-43 [images]. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
External links
- Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis Search for "KBo 71.145" for transliteration of tablet (and gloss of Hittite introduction)
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