The Palaic Language > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Palaic
Code:
plq
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Western Anatolian (want)
Brief Description:
An ancient language of northern Anatolia. The language was quite similar to Hittite, and is known only from a few ritual and mythological texts written during Old Hittite times. The name of the language derives from the town of Palā (in the region called during classical times Paphlagonia). 2nd Millennium BC.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Palaic
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