The Carian Language > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Carian
Code:
xcr
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Luwic; Luwoid (luwi)
Brief Description:
An ancient language of southwestern Anatolia. Only a few inscriptions have been found there, most from the 3rd and 4th centuries BC. Mmost texts are from Egypt, where Carian communities left epitaphs and graffiti from the 7th to the 4th century BC. 7th to 3rd centuries BC.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Carian
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